By Dmitry Antonov and Suleiman Al-Khalidi MOSCOW, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks that were set to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani shake hands at the end of a joint ...

Russia clearly wanted to pivot to work with Sharaa. It likely extended feelers long ago, recognizing HTS as a potential partner, even after a decade of fighting in Syria. Syrian President Ahmed ...

(Refiles to insert dropped words in paragraph 5) QAMISHLI, Syria, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Russia is withdrawing forces from an airport in northeastern Syria, moving to end its military presence in a corner ...

Syria’s Chief of General Staff, Maj. Gen. Ali al-Naasan, received Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Evkurov and an ...

Sharaa has struck friendly tone with Moscow, but still seeks Assad's extradition from Russia, where he fled after coup ...

In recent days, the US-backed, largely Kurdish-populated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - which was at the forefront of the fight against the Islamic State (IS) militant group - has faced a rapid ...

Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for the second time in less than four months for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Moscow — Russia's top diplomat on Thursday met with his Syrian counterpart during the first formal to Moscow by an official of the new government in Damascus since former Syrian President Bashar Assad ...

Russia’s military buildup in Syria could set back the self-proclaimed Islamic State and lay the groundwork for a political transition, but could also lead to a confrontation with the United States, ...

Forces supporting the Syrian government could be using Russian-made cluster munitions in airstrikes, according to the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW). The human rights charity ...

Despite Syria's initial cooperation, negotiations between Russia and the U.S. to eliminate chemical weapons in Syria aren't going very well. "Unfortunately, it's necessary to note that in contacts ...