Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ...

Syria is fractured by competing armies but who holds power and where may be shifting as the US eyes an exit.

U.S. lawmakers warned Thursday of the danger of allowing China and Russia to gain influence in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The warnings came as regional and Western powers met in ...

What the rest of the world, and in particular the United States, European Union, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, demand from Syria’s new leaders could also influence Russia’s fate. Advertising In ...

MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had held "frank" discussions with Syria's new de facto leader ... Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to start planning closure ...

Russia will likely keep a reduced military presence in Syria, achieving a key objective for President Vladimir Putin after ...

On Friday, Syria’s central bank announced that a shipment of local currency had arrived from Russia, where the Syrian ... abuses under Assad lead to the US Caesar Act sanctions, called for ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open ... negotiations with both the United States and Turkey over the status of their established military bases here. Russia was a major adversary during the war ...

The Russian authorities plan to maintain a limited military presence in Syria. The Kremlin aims to counter the resurgence of influence by Islamic State militants in the country. However, the ...

Syria’s relations ... Israel and the United States. “Syrian people have wounds and pain that they suffered at the hands of these two countries," al-Shibani said of Russia and Iran.

Why it matters: Russia lost a major ally in the Middle East ... the official Tass news agency reported. The United States and European Union maintain sanctions on Syria dating back to Assad’s rule.