A look at Vladimir Putin's foreign policy, focusing on Russia's influence in Syria, its relationship with Bashar al-Assad, and the ongoing implications of the Ukrainian war.

The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS ...

As celebrations erupted in Lebanon to commemorate the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Hezbollah supporters held ...

One year ago today, Syria's President Assad fled the country as rebels moved into Damascus.

Syria is struggling to heal a year after the Assad dynasty's repressive 50-year reign came to an end following 14 years of civil war that left the country battered and divided.

Syrian transitional authorities have taken positive steps on justice, transparency and rights but failed to prevent continued ...

Fireworks lit the sky and music blared on Monday in the center of Syria’s capital, Damascus, as tens of thousands of people ...

Gaza: Former loyalists to Bashar al-Assad who fled Syria after the dictator’s fall are funneling millions of dollars to tens of thousands of potential fighters, hoping to stir uprisings against the ...

From exile in Moscow, ex-intel chief Kamal Hassan and Assad cousin Rami Makhlouf are spending millions in competing efforts to build fighting forces to lead a revolt along Syria’s coast. The ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a rare meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ahead of a summit aimed at shaping a political settlement to end the six-year civil war in the country.

Syria has just put a big Western flag in its gas patch. The state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with ConocoPhillips and U.S.-based Novaterra to develop ...

DAMASCUS — The U.S. is plunging deeper into a geopolitical and sectarian maelstrom in Syria under the leadership of a president who six years ago tried to pull America out of the country, as part of ...