Russia in particular has been a strong military force in favor of Assad, with Russian troops being stationed in Syria since launching an intervention during the country's civil war in 2015.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in ...

A patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of western and northwestern Syria. It’s unclear how much support weakened allies can provide.

Since then Syria has remained partitioned into zones where foreign powers have troops on the ground. Russia and Iran have sway over government-held areas, the single biggest chunk of Syria.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday branded an Islamist-led offensive that has captured swathes of territory an attempt to redraw the regional map in line with US interests.His comments in a ...

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Syria, Russia forces step up air raids in a bid to slow opposition advance Joint Syrian-Russian strikes hit residential areas in Idlib city, causing widespread destruction and killing many civilians.

In 2015, Russia sent thousands of troops to Syria to help keep President Assad in power. In return for this military assistance, Russia was given 49-year leases on two key military bases.

That a popular armed insurrection toppled former president Bashar al-Assad in Syria has set off alarm bells in Moscow and Tehran, says RSIS’ James M Dorsey.

These ties highlight Syria’s role as a secondary player, but still an important one, in the emerging global alliance that includes China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.