The Trump administration wants Damascus to crack down on extremists and expel Palestinian militants in return for a limited ...

Mr Bashar Jaafari had been one of the most well-known international representatives of the former regime. Read more at ...

The icy winds of Moscow offer little warmth for exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose sudden downfall on December 8 ...

Analysts believe the move reflects an intention to sever ties with figures associated with the previous government and to ...

Moscow and Damascus also emphasized a high pace of national reconciliation in Syria, and emphasized the importance of bilateral relations and memorandums of understanding DAMASCUS, November 17./ ...

MOSCOW, September 6. /TASS/. Experts from the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have failed to find incontestable evidence of Damascus’ use of ...

Washington is reportedly closing three bases in the country's northeast, which have operated since 2014 without Damascus' ...

PEOPLE GATHER during a celebration called by HTS at Umayyad Square in Damascus in December. (photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS) Syria's ambassador to Moscow has requested asylum in Russia ...

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Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, where Russia has granted them political asylum, a source in the Kremlin told the state news agency TASS. Assad was in Damascus on Saturday and fled ...

The Trump administration is torn over how to respond to Russia’s military presence in Syria and whether to ask the new ...