The Alwaites, who primarily live in Syria's coastal regions, particularly in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, are ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in strategic locations such as the Hmeimim airbase and Tartous port on the coast, as ...

The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

The oligarch is the former head of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and President of Kalmykia Republic, and had been sanctioned since 2015 for support for the former Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former ...

Syria’s return to oil exports after the fall of the Assad regime is seen by many as a sign that Iran’s Shia Crescent of ...

Phone call between Secretary of State and Syrian foreign minister follows President Donald Trump's signing of executive order ...

Israeli attack on Iran may have set back Russia's Middle East ambitions, but it has been a net positive for Putin, shifting ...

Former warlord Ghazwan Al Salmoni carved a niche in the Syrian civil war, commanding an abduction and extortion ring that ...

A dry wind rushes through the meanders of destroyed streets, bringing up the acrid smell of smoke laden with gasoline. In the ...

Russia has backed Al Assad from the beginning ... Syria’s military consolidated power in a 1970 coup led by Hafez Al Assad, an Alawite general and the father of Bashar Al Assad. Syria’s authoritarian ...

President Donald Trump on Monday formally dismantled US sanctions against Syria, hoping to reintegrate the war-battered ...