MOSCOW. Jan 23 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a phone conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus ...

Analysts say the return suggests that Moscow is preparing to evacuate one of its most valuable overseas bases.

The Tartus port is Russia’s sole naval base outside the former Soviet Union and has played a critical role in Moscow’s ...

Iran and Russia signed a 20-year strategic partnership treaty. It outlines significant economic and military cooperation.

Syria’s new authorities have terminated an agreement with Russia’s Stroytransgaz to manage the Tartus port, Kommersant ...

Syria's top diplomat said Wednesday that lifting economic sanctions imposed during the rule of ousted president Bashar ...

From Syria to Libya to Georgia, Putin's grip on his global empire is loosening. Thus far only Turkey and Israel benefit. Will ...

For years, Syria has been a focal point of international conflict, drawing in global powers with competing interests. The ...

The photographs chillingly show the inhumane conditions inside the ‘Air Force Intelligence Directorate’, one of the torture and interrogation centres that terrorised the people of Syria for decades.

Vladimir Putin is still struggling to re-assert himself in the Middle East after the fall of his ally Bashar al-Assad’s ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian may discuss the situation in ...