Although this was the first direct conversation between Putin and al-Sharaa, the interim Syrian leader had previously engaged ...

Syria's central bank said a batch of Syrian currency had arrived at Damascus airport from Russia, where banknotes were ...

Captagon, an amphetamine-like stimulant, had been a main source of revenue for Assad. But tensions remain with Russia and Iran. Moscow hopes to maintain its air and sea base in Syria on the ...

In a series of posts on an X account attributed to her, Syria’s former first lady Asma al-Assad wished the Syrian people ...

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

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first such top-level contact since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for the country’s people after the nations backed autocratic President Bashar Assad during its long war ...

Moscow helped keep al-Assad in power when it intervened militarily in Syria’s war in 2015, launching devastating air strikes on rebel-held areas. When rebels swept into Damascus in December ...

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik on July 25, 2024, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad meets with Russian president at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 24 ...

According to sources cited by Bloomberg, Moscow is close to reaching a deal with the new Syrian government that would allow ...

A Russian delegation has arrived in Damascus for the first time since Moscow's ally President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, ...

The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria. By Paul Sonne and Christina Goldbaum ...