By then, the flag of the Syrian rebels was already flying over the Syrian embassy in Moscow, while the ousted dictator Assad was fleeing to Russia, seeking refuge with his family. Vladimir Putin ...

And Putin will try to avenge Assad's downfall," the head of state noted. According to him, the world needs unity and strength to confront such regimes that only sow humiliation and leave behind ...

Vladimir Putin allegedly "stopped taking calls" from the former Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, before he was ousted by ...

It also exposed the limits of Putin's ambition to reestablish Russia as a great power, according to analysts. "The fall of the Assad regime is perceived as a sign of Russia's weakness in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he plans to meet with deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad soon and will ask him about the whereabouts of missing American journalist Austin Tice.

Russia is scrambling to save face after its humiliating loss of its client, dictator Bashar al-Assad, and the Kremlin has conceded preserving its crucial Syrian military bases will take time and ...

The fall of Vladimir Putin’s ally Bashar al-Assad is “also our defeat”, according to Russian military bloggers. Russia has used Syria to establish itself in the Middle East over the last ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin’s decision, taken at Iran’s behest, to intervene militarily in Syria helped to turn the tide ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...