The rebels capturing Damascus marked a turning point for Syria, which had been shattered by more than 13 years of war which ...

After negotiations with the new Syrian leadership, Russia withdrew at least 400 soldiers from the Damascus region. A ...

Russia has evacuated some staff from its diplomatic missions in Damascus, as well as personnel from the embassies of Belarus, ...

A Syrian family that survived a 2013 chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people near the country’s capital, ...

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russia has evacuated at least 400 soldiers from the Damascus region in recent days in co-ordination with ...

Russia used the air base in Hmeimim and naval base at Tartus to support Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s 13-year civil war. But now ...

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also rejected media reports suggesting Bashar al-Assad had been confined to Moscow and had ...

Russia’s intervention on behalf of former Syrian leader Bashar Assad once turned the tide of Syria's civil war ...

Ben Hubbard and Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from Damascus and Idlib, Syria The Russian military appeared to be packing up equipment at one of its most critical bases in Syria on Friday, in what ...

Russia, a longstanding ally of Assad, granted the ousted Syrian leader asylum last weekend after helping him to flee his country as the rebels approached Damascus. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has ...

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was up to Syrians to determine their own future and called for an "inclusive" ...