Putin Backs Assad, Says Russian Warplanes Could Redeploy to Syria in Hours Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to continue providing military aid and intelligence to Syrian President Bashar ...

Ukraine's Zelenskyy arrived in Damascus in a surprise visit on Sunday, for his first official visit to Syria after the fall of the pro-Russian al-Assad regime. View on euronews ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's children last year visited a holiday camp in Russian-annexed Crimea, the RIA news agency cited a Russian lawmaker as saying on Sunday. Assad met a ...

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 ...