Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus port.

In a move raising significant questions, the Tindouf camps, controlled by the Polisario Front under Algerian jurisdiction, recently welcomed Kurdish separatist activists advocating for an independent Kurdistan.

Russia's Mediterranean foothold faces uncertainty, with Tartus’s future hanging in the balance and alternative bases in Libya and Algeria offering limited, politically fraught substitutes. The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has led to speculation over ...

De-facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has said that the country’s future will be defined by forgiveness and amnesty, urging people to move away from a mindset of vengefulness and revolutionary ...

But the fall of the Assad regime has left Syria at risk of coming apart under pressure from a variety of terrorist groups, local militias and Israeli airstrikes. And Syria’s interim leaders ...

BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The European Union is considering a step-by-step suspension of multiple economic sanctions targeting Syria as it seeks to support the country’s transition ...

Several people were arrested in a suspected IS attack on the Sayyida Zeinab Shia mausoleum in Damascus An aerial view of the Sayyida Zeinab Shia shrine, believed to hold the grave of the ...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani said on Wednesday that the country will open its economy to foreign investment and that Damascus is also working on energy and electricity partnerships with Gulf states.

The Algerian Ministry of Defence has announced a plan to begin constructing Chinese Type 056 corvettes in local shipyards, thus abandoning the long-negotiated contract to purchase Russian Project 22380 missile corvettes.

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday that she hopes a political agreement will be reached to ease sanctions on Syria during the EU foreign ministers' meeting next week.

Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that Iran hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will choose rationality in his dealings with the Islamic Republic, adding that Tehran has never sought to acquire nuclear weapons.