The Sparta II, a Russian cargo ship under U.S. sanctions, had been drifting near Tartus since Jan. 5 after leaving Baltiysk ...

Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus ...

Russia’s crucial diesel attack submarines can likely no longer operate in the Mediterranean Sea, after Moscow appears to have ...

Assad, the Russian-backed dictator of Syria, has led to Russia needing to evacuate its military presence from the country. To ...

The new Syrian authorities have canceled an investment agreement with a Russian company on the management of the port of ...

Russia's Mediterranean foothold faces uncertainty, with Tartus’s future hanging in the balance and alternative bases in Libya ...

Syria’s new authorities have terminated an agreement with Russia’s Stroytransgaz to manage the Tartus port, Kommersant ...

The Tartus port is Russia’s sole naval base outside the former Soviet Union and has played a critical role in Moscow’s ...

Syria’s new government has canceled a 49-year lease signed with Russia to operate the port of Tartus, home to Moscow’s sole naval base on the Mediterranean Sea. The lease, signed in 2017, extended ...

After two weeks of waiting, the Russian ship Sparta was granted permission to dock at the Syrian port of Tartus. There, it ...

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north ...