Russian President Vladimir Putin's intervention in Syria to prop up the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is following a playbook he first used during the Second Chechen War at the turn ...

And so it was, just two days after Donald Trump revealed he had decided to lift his administration’s pause on the supply of ...

For Vladimir Putin, Syria is not just about supporting President Bashar al-Assad. It’s about Russia’s place in the world. Ever since Russia began airstrikes in Syria a month ago, ...

Vladimir Putin has been quiet about Syria since the end of Bashir Assad's rule. Rebels deposed Russia's longtime ally earlier this month, jeopardizing its military presence there.

MOSCOW-- Declaring a victory in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday visited a Russian military air base in the country and announced a partial pullout of Russian forces from the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the presence of U.S. troops in Syria illegal during a Monday meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Moscow, according to the Kremlin.. The Russian ...

Images shared on social media have illustrated the anger that Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad feel toward his ally Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader has been indispensable in ...

LIVE – Updated at 00:12. Syria’s deposed president Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia after being granted asylum by Vladimir Putin’s authorities, according to Russian media.

Joshua Yaffa on the war in Syria, Russia’s grievances against the West, and Vladimir Putin’s actions in the months leading up to the U.S. election.

The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria represents a personal defeat for Russian President Vladimir Putin and a potentially serious strategic setback for his military that undermines Moscow’s ...

Since the Syrian crisis began, Putin has stood by Russia’s long-time ally, blocking any U.N. criticism of Assad’s regime, while upping arms shipments to the war-torn nation.

— -- An agreement to end hostilities in Syria's bloody five-year civil war has been reached, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today. The deal, signed by the Syrian government and the ...