‘They Destroyed Everything’: With Russia Gone ... - The Moscow …
1 day ago · Damascus Governorate, SYRIA — The central alley souk in Arbin, a neighborhood in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, is bustling with people. Among the ruined buildings, vendors have set up ...
Syria Deals Blow to Putin's Fleet in Mediterranean - Newsweek
1 day ago · The move appears to be aimed at diminishing Moscow's influence in Syria, following Russian President Vladimir Putin's close relationship with Assad. The new Syrian government also asserted control ...
Syria Terminates Russian Naval Base Deal - The Moscow Times
1 day ago · Syria’s new government terminated a treaty granting Russia a long-term military presence in the Mediterranean, a deal brokered under ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, Syrian media reported Tuesday.
Syrians eye future without Russia, but Moscow still hopes to stay
Jan 13, 2025 · Moscow claimed to have tested 320 different weapons in Syria. It also secured 49-year leases on two military bases on the Mediterranean coast - the Tartus naval base and the Hmeimim air base.
Live updates: Assad flees to Moscow as Syria rebels capture …
Strikes were heard in Damascus early Monday, according to a CNN team in the Syrian capital, after President Bashar al-Assad and his family fled to Russia in the face of an astonishingly swift ...
How Russia Is Reacting to the Downfall of Syria's Assad
Dec 8, 2024 · President Vladimir Putin, who helped Assad to stay in power when Moscow intervened in Syria's civil war in 2015, has yet to comment on the events. The Russian Foreign Ministry said Sunday it...
Images Suggest Russia Is Packing Up Equipment in Syria
Dec 13, 2024 · Russian forces appeared to be packing up some military equipment at one of its most critical bases in Syria on Friday, in what could be a prelude to Moscow’s military withdrawal from the...
Russian state news agencies say ousted Syrian leader Assad is in Moscow …
Dec 8, 2024 · Russia media say ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad has fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally. The reports came hours after a stunning rebel advance swept into Damascus to cheers and ended the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule.
Syria's Assad and his family arrive in Moscow after Russia grants …
Dec 8, 2024 · Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, Russian news agencies announced Sunday evening citing a Kremlin source, hours after he fled the country as Islamist-led...
Losing Syria Is A 'Huge Slap In The Face' For Russia
Dec 8, 2024 · Moscow's devastating aerial campaigns against rebel positions helped the Syrian Army regain swaths of territory and keep Assad in power.