President Vladimir V. Putin and President Ahmed al-Sharaa are looking to build ties after the fall of the Moscow-backed ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, as the Kremlin seeks to ...

President al-Sharaa met President Putin in Moscow Wednesday to discuss military bases and the extradition of Bashar al-Assad, ...

The Russian president has been unable to protect his allies in Venezuela and Iran from an unexpectedly belligerent U.S. President Donald Trump.

Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

HOMS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People celebrate and wave Syrian flags as they mark the first anniversary of the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Damascus ...

Assad is said to be living a life of reclusion in Moscow, but rumors say he is also doing business, while his brother plots a return. As Syria celebrates one year since the fall of the Assad regime, ...

Syria defies Russia in bid to keep Assad in power even as the two allies prepare an offensive to retake Aleppo. Putin Backs Assad, Says Russian Warplanes Could Redeploy to Syria in Hours Russian ...

Thousands of Syrians gathered at the Umayyad Mosque to celebrate the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon reports from Damascus as questions linger about what the future holds.