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Russian intelligence service head says meeting took place on sidelines of conference on Afghanistan last week - Anadolu ...

Syrian authorities requested Russia to extradite ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, but were turned down, Syrian President ...

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

Assad’s regime collapsed, Israel’s military activity in Syria has grown increasingly aggressive. The Israel Defense Forces ...

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 ...

In an interview with The New York Times, President Ahmed al-Shara urged the United States to lift sanctions and alluded to ...

Russia, of course, was cited as another reason to continue the status quo. If the U.S. departed, the argument went, the ...

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani told Russian President Vladimir Putin at talks in the Kremlin on Thursday that ...

The Kremlin blamed Ukraine for a car bomb that killed a senior Russian military officer near Moscow on Friday, hours before U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet President ...

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 ...

Russia’s involvement in Syria is another potential flashpoint as Trump tries to bring Moscow to the table on a ceasefire with Ukraine. In a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 18 ...