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.

It looks like a tribute to the 45th and 47th president's persistence under pressure — a quality always desirable in a ...

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

There are no lost causes. Polio. Inflation. A looming trade war. There are no gained causes, either.

MOSCOW, December 22. /TASS/. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for meeting with him in Russian. "Thank you very much for this evening," he said in Russian, as ...

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has led to the freeing of tens of thousands of prisoners from the country’s brutal and ...

How did Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad get away with murdering hundreds of thousands and dumping them in mass graves? Easy: ...

During a "Direct Line" Q&A session combined with his annual press conference on Thursday, Putin clarified that he had not yet met with Assad after his arrival in Moscow but plans to speak with him ...

Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.

To gain some insight into the year ahead, CFR fellows highlight some of the global developments they will be looking out for.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that his country was not defeated in Syria following the fall of its client ...