The Media Line4d
First Direct Contact Between al-Sharaa and Putin: Syria’s New Leadership and Russia Navigate Tense Post-Assad Relations
Although this was the first direct conversation between Putin and al-Sharaa, the interim Syrian leader had previously engaged ...
Syria could allow Russia to keep its bases, new defense minister says
In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...
Syria receives local currency printed in Russia before Assad's fall
Syria's central bank said a batch of Syrian currency had arrived at Damascus airport from Russia, where banknotes were ...
As the Russian military loses its grip in Syria, the US considers pulling its troops
Syria is fractured by competing armies but who holds power and where may be shifting as the US eyes an exit.
The New York Times20d
Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria
The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria. By Paul Sonne and Christina Goldbaum ...
The Associated Press on MSN10d
Syria's interim foreign minister says Russia-Iran ties to Assad are an open wound
Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for the country’s people after the nations backed autocratic ...
Damascus is waiting for "satisfaction for the people of Syria": the Russian military was not allowed into Tartus
The Foreign Minister in the transitional government of Syria, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, speaking about the "positive signals" ...
Al-Monitor10d
Russia's Putin and Syria's Sharaa hold first call since Assad fall
Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa and Russia’s Vladimir Putin held their first phone call on Wednesday, which comes at an uncertain ...
Syria's interim foreign minister says Russia-Iran ties to Assad are an open wound after war
Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for the country’s people after the nations backed autocratic ...
Forbes26d
For Generations, Russia Was Syria’s Main Arms Supplier, That May Be Over
The U.S. warned Russian President Boris Yeltsin that it might cancel $50 million in aid if Moscow made new arms deals with Damascus. Syria never got the sleek Su-27 or sophisticated S-300 ...
In Russian town, monument to fallen soldiers shows toll of three years of war
Carved onto slabs of black marble, the names of 11 young men from the Russian town of Semibratovo who died fighting in ...
The New York Times25d
Russian Envoys Arrive in Syria for First Time Since al-Assad Fell
Russia’s deputy foreign minister and a special envoy arrived in Damascus. Theirs was the first such visit since President Bashar al-Assad fled the country, according to Russian state news.