A video purporting to show the execution-style murder of Hosam Saraya, an American citizen, raises new questions about the ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mona Yacoubian of the U.S. Institute of Peace about the role Russia's military played in Syria and what she thinks the legacy of that conflict is today.

War in Syria has suddenly re-exploded, ... while the government of al-Assad is assisted by Russia and Iran. The Syrian state started falling apart during the Arab Spring in 2011.

What the Syria war tells us about Russia's use of humanitarian corridors Observers say Russia's use of such corridors were effective in attaining the goals of regaining control of opposition areas.

The war has left Syria's economy in tatters.Last week, Syria's currency plummeted to a record-low value of 4,040 pounds to the dollar on the black market, compared to 700 at the beginning of the year.

War in Syria 20 photos. At the U.N., British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Russia should be investigated for war crimes following an attack on a Syrian aid convoy that claimed 20 lives, Monday.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests, Syrian ...

Syria's civil war grew out of Assad's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2011. More than a decade later, ... Russia's war in Ukraine has also influenced the region.

A Syrian-Russian military alliance strike on a displacement compound in mid-August is an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch said today.

Vladimir Putin doesn't simply want Ukraine. He wants to assert dominance in the international system and undermine America's ...

Russia too is distracted with its own war in Ukraine, meaning it has less forces to devote to Assad’s survival. Israel, which occupies Syria-claimed Golan Heights, is also focusing its ire on ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mona Yacoubian of the U.S. Institute of Peace about the role Russia's military played in Syria and what she thinks the legacy of that conflict is today.