Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded ...

A series of violent clashes in Syria points to both the lingering Russian and Iranian presence in the country, as well as the ...

Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...

Jerusalem said to have told Washington that Damascus's new Islamist rulers, backed by Turkey, pose a threat to Israel's ...

Israel is lobbying the US to maintain Syria's weakness and Russian military bases in response to Turkey's growing influence ...

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

Russia has sought a rapprochement with Syria’s new rulers, including with an injection of cash for Syria’s central bank.

In his first interview to a global news agency, held after hundreds died in four days of clashes between Alawite Muslims and ...

A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst ...

Footage and satellite images reviewed by The Times show civilians in the compound. Thousands have fled violent unrest in the ...

"They have to notify us before they ... fate of Russia's military bases were progressing, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “We are continuing our contacts with the Syrian authorities." ...