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Assad, Israel has exploited the weakness of the new Syrian government to carry out cross-border operations in the name of its ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 rallies in Bratislava and five other cities are part of a wave of protests that was fuelled by Prime Minister Robert Fico ...