Nathan Hodge is a former Moscow bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal. He was previously a Kabul-based correspondent, covering Afghanistan and Pakistan for the Journal.

IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with Syria's then president Bashar al-Assad during their meeting in Moscow's Kremlin, January 25, 2005. Photograph: ITAR-TASS/KREMLIN PRESS ...

A ship carrying wheat has arrived in Syria's Latakia port, the first delivery of its kind since former President Bashar ...

Assad's regime collapsed in just 12 days, ending over five decades of authoritarian rule in Syria. A swift and coordinated offensive by opposition forces, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara said Moscow has rejected his government’s plea to extradite ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad in exchange for continued Russian military presence in Syria. Al-Shara, who ...

Syria's ambassador to Moscow has requested asylum in Russia, state news agency TASS reported on Monday, citing a source.

Hafez's son, Bashar Assad, who succeeded him as the 19th president of Syria, was recently ousted in 2024 by Ahmed Al Sharaa's rebel army and fled to Moscow, Russia, alongside his family ...

The icy winds of Moscow offer little warmth for exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose sudden downfall on December 8 sent shockwaves through the Middle East. Once the unchallenged ruler of ...

Assad fled Damascus by plane on Sunday, December 8, escaping the rebel coup in the capital. He flew to Russia's Hmeimim airbase in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, and from there on to Moscow ...

A senior Russian general has been killed in an explosion in Moscow, a spokesperson for the Investigative Committee of Russia ...