The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad last year should have marked the end of Russia’s hold on that country.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani shake hands at the end of a joint news conference following their meeting in Moscow on July 31, 2025 ...

Russia on Tuesday sent a big delegation to Syria, headed by its top energy official, in its most visible effort yet to build ...

Moscow — Russia's top diplomat on Thursday met with his Syrian counterpart during the first formal to Moscow by an official of the new government in Damascus since former Syrian President Bashar Assad ...

Days before the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Russia said the Syrian rebels advancing on Damascus were terrorists. Now, ...

From the start of Syria’s civil war, Turkey and Russia found their interests in the country diverging, with Ankara supporting the armed rebels seeking to overthrow the regime of former President ...

The Syrian government has not said whether it will allow the investigation. Aug. 23, 2013 — -- MOSCOW -- Russia is urging the Syrian government to allow U.N. inspectors to investigate claims of a ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told Reuters, warning against the rise of jihadists in ...

Syria's foreign minister arrived in Washington on Thursday, the first official visit at that level in more than 25 years as ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat on Thursday met with his Syrian counterpart during the first formal to Moscow by an official of the new government in Damascus since former Syrian President Bashar ...