FILE PHOTO: A general view of commercial harbour of Syria's coastal city of Tartous MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia shipped a diesel cargo to Syria onboard a tanker under U.S. sanctions, the first ...

Visit followed trip by Mick Wallace and Clare Daly in 2017 that was arranged by Irish activist who writes for sanctioned ...

From the start of Syria’s civil war, Turkey and Russia found their interests in the country diverging, with Ankara supporting the armed rebels seeking to overthrow the regime of former President ...

The Syrian government has not said whether it will allow the investigation. Aug. 23, 2013 — -- MOSCOW -- Russia is urging the Syrian government to allow U.N. inspectors to investigate claims of a ...

Syria has demanded reparations from Russia in order to "rebuild trust" after a meeting between Damascus' new administration and a Moscow delegation, according to local news sources. Russia and Syria's ...

The notion of Syria giving up its chemical weapons, or at least putting them under foreign control, has long been on the table in the consultations between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government ...

New report suggests Russian military may have targeted Aleppo hospitals. — -- A new report released Monday provides fresh evidence that Russian and Syrian government forces repeatedly targeted ...

The trip comes days before the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and as Lebanon is navigating the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat on Thursday met with his Syrian counterpart during the first formal to Moscow by an official of the new government in Damascus since former Syrian President Bashar ...

Forces supporting the Syrian government could be using Russian-made cluster munitions in airstrikes, according to the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW). The human rights charity ...

Mr Al Shara formerly led the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham rebel group that deposed Mr Al Assad and had fought Russian forces deployed to support the former president since 2017. Mr Al Assad now lives in ...