such as Russia and Iran. Russia in particular has been a strong military force in favor of Assad, with Russian troops being stationed in Syria since launching an intervention during the country's ...

Russia’s deputy foreign minister and a special envoy arrived in Damascus. Theirs was the first such visit since President ...

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to begin lifting sanctions on Syria, but insist that the measures should be ...

The agreement is focused more on trade than military issues, but it will bring two countries with a shared desire to challenge the West closer together.

UN Security Council Resolution 2254, adopted in 2015, outlined a road map for a political ... in Syria under al-Assad, and Iran long provided what it described as military advisers to the Syrian armed ...