Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

As President Biden prepares to leave office, he has sought to take credit for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. That may or may not be justified, but Biden is grasping for anything in the world for which he can claim credit. He leaves behind a remarkably weak foreign policy record.

Many who fled the civil war hope to return, as Syrians hold day of remembrance for victims of al-Assad regime. A tense calm prevails after checkpoints were set up by the new security forces in the ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the conflict-ridden Central African Republic (CAR),

The Kremlin has dismissed previous Western claims that Russia sponsored acts of sabotage and attacks in Europe

An Assad official claims Putin betrayed his ally by promising support that never came.

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

Syria, a country in Southwest Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, was deeply affected by the Arab Spring protests that swept through many nations in the Middle East and North Africa in 2010 and 2011. These were anti-regime, pro-democracy ...

Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian Islamist militant who fought against Bashar al-Assad's rule over threats he made to the government in Cairo, a Syrian interior ministry source and ...