The four men's arrest came days after a U.S. drone strike killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri ... during his final five ...

Since the Islamist HTS militia seized power in Syria, reports of excessive violence and executions of members of religious ...

Russia’s deputy foreign minister and a special envoy arrived in Damascus. Theirs was the first such visit since President Bashar al-Assad fled the country, according to Russian state news.

marking the first official visit to Syria by Russian officials since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad in December. Al-Assad, a long-time ally of Moscow, fled to Russia following a ...

A delegation of Russian officials has arrived in Damascus on the first such visit since Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was toppled by opposition fighters. Al-Assad, a close ally of ...

A high-level Russian delegation was in Syria the previous day for talks with the country’s new de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa. Al-Assad, a key Russian ally in the Middle East, fled to Moscow ...

Al-Sharaa hosted a Russian official on December 8, according to a Reuters report on Wednesday, ultimatum was issued during the first official visit of a Russian official to Syria since Assad's ...

Iran has purchased Russian Sukhoi-35 fighter jets ... the deputy coordinator of the IRGC engineering firm Khatam-al Anbiya, was quoted as saying. "Whenever necessary, we make military purchases to ...

MOSCOW, Jan 28 (Reuters) - A Russian delegation has arrived in Damascus for the first time since Moscow's ally President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, Russia's TASS state news agency reported on ...

The Russian military has already been steadily drawing down its posture at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria amid persistent questions about the future of its presence in the country as a whole since the ...

Russia’s deputy foreign minister and a special envoy arrived in Damascus. Theirs was the first such visit since President Bashar al-Assad fled the country, according to Russian state news.

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