Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) defies any easy comparison to moderate or radical examples of Islamist groups, further ...

Over a decade after protests sprung up against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2011, rebel forces, long on the back foot ...

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Assad’s fall raises short-term questions about the fate of Russian generals sent to Syria after failures in Ukraine, but also ...

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency is claiming that around 30 North Korean troops were killed or wounded in fighting ...

European Union nations want guarantees from Syria’s new leaders that they are preparing for a peaceful political future where ...

A Russian oil tanker began spilling oil into the Kerch Strait after splitting in two during a heavy storm, Russian authorities said on December 15.

Apart from Assad, Russian President Valdimir Putin was "the biggest loser" in the toppling of the regime, Professor Ozalp said. The then-Soviet Union was a longtime ally of Assad's father, Hafez Assad ...

Analysts cautioned that Syria's precarious situation leaves little hope for a swift resolution to issues and return to ...

Authorities in Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of orchestrating deadly bombings over the past week.

How did Damascus fall this fast? Perhaps three factors hold the explanation: Syrian state’s fragility, gradual fragmentation ...

West African leaders from the regional group ECOWAS on Sunday gave three countries led by military governments six months to ...