Days before the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Russia said the Syrian rebels advancing on Damascus were terrorists. Now, ...

Syrian authorities and local leaders have reached an agreement to end the recent sectarian clashes near Damascus. The ...

Al-Assad’s whereabouts were unknown after armed opposition fighters captured Damascus in the early hours ... said from Russia’s capital Moscow. Speaking at the White House, US President ...

Moscow helped keep Assad in power when it intervened militarily in Syria's war in 2015, launching devastating strikes on rebel-held areas. When rebels swept into Damascus in December, Russia ...

The icy winds of Moscow offer little warmth for exiled Syrian dictator ... tells the Sun that there was a “second plane” that departed Damascus as it was falling. The aircraft “carried key figures ...

Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, where Russia has granted them political asylum, a source in the Kremlin told the state news agency TASS. Assad was in Damascus on Saturday and fled ...

Moscow and Damascus also emphasized a high pace of national reconciliation in Syria, and emphasized the importance of bilateral relations and memorandums of understanding DAMASCUS, November 17./ ...

Bashar al-Jaafari, born in Damascus in April 1956 ... He was later appointed deputy foreign minister in 2020 and ambassador to Moscow in October 2022. For years, Jaafari was known for his staunch ...

As Damascus teetered, Assad's aide orchestrated a shadowy airlift, spiriting millions and secrets to Russia, paving his own ...

A 47-year-old resident of Damascus participated in the hostilities in Syria on the side of the militants MOSCOW, June 15. /TASS/. Officers of the Center for Countering Extremism have detained a ...

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