Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

Russia will also be mindful to have a plan B should things go wrong for its Libyan ally. "We must not repeat the mistake made in Syria, betting on a local dictator without an alternative," said ...

Russia sent support ship 'Sparta' to join the warship fleet that fled Tartus last month. It is likely they are negotiating a ...

Russia's exit from Syria will disrupt supplies to its forces in Africa. But as Moscow's fortunes in the resource-rich Continent wane, Beijing's are rising ...

Out of that morass, Moscow let it slip that they were interested in building a brand new, sprawling warm-water port in chaotic Libya. Russia already has a few airbases there, and reports have ...

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Syria says it's open to allowing Russia to keep hold of two key military bases, months after rebel groups ousted Kremlin ally ...

The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate ...

Russian Ambassador to Libya, Aydar Aganin met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Taher ...

The arrival of two Russian cargo ships, Sparta and Sparta II, at the port of Tartus on January 22 has intensified speculation ...

The expansion of Nato in the three years since Russia widened its war on Ukraine has turned the Baltic Sea – once contested ...