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 ...

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 ...

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

The incoming defense secretary will face several challenges, including the war in Ukraine and the turmoil in the Middle East.

As President Biden prepares to leave office, he has sought to take credit for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of ...

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

On Jan. 1, 2025, several media outlets including Newsweek and The Sun reported on a supposed poison attack on the exiled former president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, who resides in Russia ...

On Jan. 1, 2025, several media outlets including Newsweek and The Sun reported on a supposed poison attack on the exiled former president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, who resides in Russia, as of this ...

Ukraine severed diplomatic ties with Syria in June 2022, reacting to Syria's recognition of the Russia-occupied Ukrainian territories of Donetsk and Luhansk. Following the overthrow of President ...

A social media account, General SVR, operated by a former Russian spy, stated that Assad sought medical assistance after experiencing coughing and choking.

Since rebels overthrew Syria's President Bashar al-Assad last month, Ukraine has been moving to build ties with the new Islamist rulers there. Russia, which invaded Ukraine in 2022, was a staunch ...

A POISONING attempt has been made on ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, it has been claimed. The toppled Syrian tyrant has been under Vladimir Putin’s protection in Moscow since December 8 last year.