Country’s long-running civil war has killed hundreds of thousands since erupting in 2011 in rebellion against president ...

Syria holds strategic importance for Moscow and Tehran, which have both bolstered Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime at ...

According to the official Syrian Arab News Agency, insurgents have retreated some 12 miles from government-held Hama, Syria’s ...

Putin has been a key ally for Assad, helping him during the Syrian Civil War, deploying planes, troops and equipment that ...