Russia has stepped up its military withdrawal from Syria, removing vehicles and containers from its key Tartous port on the ...

Russia's long-held military presence at Tartus fell into uncertainty after the collapse of the Assad regime last month.

A big question mark looms large over the future of Russian air and naval bases on the Mediterranean coast in Syria after President Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow in face of a swift rebel offensive.

Russia deployed troops to Syria in 2015 to support Assad regime's brutal crackdown against anti-government forces.

Russia is removing military equipment and vehicles from Tartus port, a key naval base on Syria’s Mediterranean coast. BBC ...

The collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria following a lightning rebel offensive in November has shaken Assad-ally Russia’s near-decade of influence in the country. It has also had one ...

DAMASCUS -- A delegation of Russian officials arrived in Damascus on Tuesday for the first such visit to Syria since the fall ...

Russia was a key ally of Assad's regime - the former president and his family will now reportedly get asylum there.

A Russian delegation arrived in Damascus on Tuesday for a first visit to post-Assad Syria, as Moscow's forces appeared ready to depart Tartous port.

Russian media and state officials were quick to pin the blame for the fall of Syria on Assad, and have not yet released any photos of him in Moscow while it "builds ties" with the new men in ...

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by Moscow to lessen Western influence on the continent.

According to satellite images, studied by the BBC Russian ... transferring military contractors in and out of Africa. Assad was Russia's staunchest ally in the Middle East. The Kremlin had ...