Russia sent a ship to evacuate soldiers and equipment from its bases in Syria but it broke down en route, according to ...

A cargo vessel, Sparta, sent by Russia to evacuate its military equipment and weaponry from Syria, has broken down on the way ...

The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could ...

Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the ...

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...

Concurrently, marine traffic monitors show a Vladivostok-bound cargo ship, Ursa Major, previously registered as Sparta III ...

Israeli airstrike on Tartus countryside.

its military presence in Syria pushed the United States, Israel and Turkey, and the region at large, to engage diplomatically with Moscow. Its naval presence at Tartus, including three large ...

The locals had no idea what it was the Israelis dropped on the Syrian military base at Bimalkah. They just knew it produced a ...

A monitor of Syria's war on Wednesday said that Israeli air strikes targeted sites belonging to ousted president Bashar al-Assad's military in the coastal Latakia and Tartus provinces.

Russia's presence with Syria dates back to Soviet relations with Assad's father, and resulted in a critical asset for Moscow in 1971: naval access to the deep-water Mediterranean port at Tartus.

Russia’s bases in western Syria — a major naval base and an air ... toward Russia’s Khmeimim air base and naval base at Tartus. Images from the satellite company Maxar earlier this week ...