The Russian embassy in Syria has advised its citizens to leave the country "in the light of the difficult military and political situation." In a post on Telegram, the embassy said Russian ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in strategic locations such as the Hmeimim airbase and Tartous port on the coast, as ...

On Friday, the embassy had urged Russian nationals to leave the country. Russia, a staunch al-Assad ally, intervened decisively in 2015 to prop him up during Syria’s civil war, which began in 2011.

The three-starred flag representing Syrian rebel groups was hoisted up a pole atop the Syrian embassy in Moscow on Monday — even as Bashar Al-Assad, Syria's brutal dictator, is believed to be in ...

Russian officials are working on a road map to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad’s government, sources familiar with the issue told Middle East Eye.

Syria's embassy in Moscow has raised the three-starred flag of the Syrian opposition, signalling the transition of power in the capital of Bashar al-Assad's ally.

For Moscow, intervention in Syria's civil war in 2015 was proof that it had regained its status as a global power and counterweight to the West. Now, events in Syria threaten to undermine Russia's ...

Russia has also been working to rebuild a former Soviet submarine base nearby. A continued Russian presence in western Syria would also be leveraged to maintain existing signals intelligence centers.

The Russian embassy in Syria has advised Russian citizens to leave the country. It cited the "difficult military and political situation in Syria," a Russian ally.