Syria, Russia

The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria.
It comes after the new Syrian government terminates a 49-year lease on the base the Kremlin brokered with the Bashar al-Assad ...
A Russian delegation tells Damascus it wants certain Syrian opposition groups included in the upcoming national dialogue ...
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...