Why is Damascus pursuing a rapprochement with Moscow despite its unpopularity, and how might it strike a balance between ...

Slowest rate this year, Russian gains inside the Ukraine territory were limited to a meager 250 square kilometres last ...

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, October 15 [Sputnik/Sergey Bobylyov/Pool via Reuters] Syria’s President Ahmed ...

Analysts say Russian mercenaries focus on mineral extraction rather than security in Sahel countries after U.S. and French military withdrawal from the region.

Police raided dozens of homes in Moldova and Ukraine, officials said, as part of a cross-border investigation into hundreds ...

If the jihadists succeed in taking Mali, it would become the first country run by the group. The U.S. has warned its citizens ...

FILE - People walk at Zaryadye park in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 28, 2025, with the Spasskaya tower of the Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral in the background. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File) FILE - ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Syria’s interim leader, who led a swift rebel offensive last year that ousted former Syrian President Bashar Assad despite years of Moscow’s support, arrived in Russia on Wednesday on ...

When armed factions led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad last December, many observers believed that Russia’s days in Syria were numbered. For decades, ...

Russia is set to deliver around 750,000 barrels, or 100,000 metric tons, of a mix of Arctic heavy ARCO oil and gas condensate ...

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 ...

The allegations of Cuban mercenaries fighting for Russia in Ukraine may sound new, but for Cuba, this kind of involvement is ...