Israel works to counter Turkey's growing influence in Syria by lobbying the United States to keep it weak and decentralised, ...

Israel has publicly declared its mistrust of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist faction that led the campaign that ...

Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralised, including by letting Russia keep its military ...

Russia's withdrawal from Syria and its shift toward Libya are important developments in terms of Mediterranean security.

Putin is desperate to maintain control over the military base in Latakia, a key logistics point for its Africa operations.

Unidentified drones have been spotted above the Khmeimim air base; a military blogger has theorized the Syrian government is ...

The bases may stay in exchange for diplomatic backing and money from Russia, which has been deeply involved in Syria's ...

World powers are jockeying for influence, as Syria’s fledgling ... Damascus to meet Mr. al-Shara. Russia wants to keep its naval base on the Mediterranean at Tartus, which dates to the Soviet ...

Israeli observers offer contrasting outlooks on whether Russia will—or should, from Israel's perspective—retain its foothold in Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held his first official phone conversation on Feb. 12 with Syria’s new leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, following the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday spoke to Syria's new leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first such top-level contact since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad. The ...

Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ...