Assad, 49, fled to Russia with the dictator, 59, when the Assad regime was toppled by rebels in Syria earlier this month.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, the ship was dispatched to evacuate troops from Syria and is currently adrift near Portugal.

The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could ...

Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a ...

Following reports in Turkish media, a Kremlin spokesman denies Asma al-Assad wants to divorce her husband and leave Russia.

Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the ...

MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. The situation in Syria was the focus of a meeting between Russian presidential envoy for the Middle East and African countries and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov ...

When, aged 25, Asma Akhras swapped pursuing an MBA at Harvard for marrying a meek-looking ex-ophthalmology student named ...

Assad, according to reports, is still subject to “severe” restrictions. He cannot leave Moscow and cannot engage in political activities ...

Russian forces sustained their highest single-day casualty count since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with 2,200 ...

How the collapse of the Syrian government shifts power dynamics in the Middle East, including Russian influence ...

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...