Israel works to counter Turkey's growing influence in Syria by lobbying the United States to keep it weak and decentralised, ...

Israel has publicly declared its mistrust of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist faction that led the campaign that ...

Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralised, including by letting Russia keep its military ...

Russia's withdrawal from Syria and its shift toward Libya are important developments in terms of Mediterranean security.

Unidentified drones have been spotted above the Khmeimim air base; a military blogger has theorized the Syrian government is ...

Putin is desperate to maintain control over the military base in Latakia, a key logistics point for its Africa operations.

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

World powers are jockeying for influence, as Syria’s fledgling ... Damascus to meet Mr. al-Shara. Russia wants to keep its naval base on the Mediterranean at Tartus, which dates to the Soviet ...

Israeli observers offer contrasting outlooks on whether Russia will—or should, from Israel's perspective—retain its foothold in Syria.

Although this was the first direct conversation between Putin and al-Sharaa, the interim Syrian leader had previously engaged ...

Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday spoke to Syria's new leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first such top-level contact since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad. The ...