Vladimir Putin has harbored Syria’s former dictator in Russia since Ahmed al-Sharaa’s forces ousted him last December – but Syria’s new leader can’t afford to snub Moscow out of hand.

SANA reported that Putin called al-Sharaa in February, expressing support for Syria’s “unity, sovereignty and stability”. In ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will travel to Moscow on Wednesday for an official visit aimed at strengthening ties with ...

DHUMAIR, Syria -The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of ...

In late 2015, the Kremlin achieved a key victory when it launched a military intervention in Syria to rescue then-Syrian ...

Bashar al-Assad passes the time playing online video games in his Moscow high-rise, according to a former military officer ...

Former Syrian President Bashar Assad and his family faced the threat of physical elimination, the Russian foreign minister said ...

Years after dismissing video games as a form of entertainment, former Syrian President Assad is reportedly spending his exile ...

In December, rebel leader Ahmed al-Shaara proclaimed a new and free Syria. The former jihadist recently sat down with 60 ...

Saudi news report says Mossad agent Eli Cohen, hanged in Damascus in 1965 after being discovered infiltrating upper echelons ...

Deadly clashes this week in the Kurdish-led northeast are a warning of just how fast Syria could slide back into war, writes ...

Exiled after years of civil war, Bashar al-Assad now spends hours playing online games, according to German newsweekly Die ...