Israel is lobbying the US to maintain Syria's weakness and Russian military bases in response to Turkey's growing influence in the region. This move is aimed at preventing a security threat to Israel ...

Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood ...

Russia maintains two key military bases in Syria, including an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous.

TASS/. Syria’s new authorities have been discussing the future of US military bases on Syrian soil with the Trump administration, and "the issue needs some time," Murhaf Abu Qasra, Syrian ...

BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralized, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey’s growing ...

It deployed military advisers, mobilised foreign militias, and invested heavily in Syria's war. Its elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) built deep networks of underground bases ...

Russia has sought a rapprochement with Syria’s new rulers, including with an injection of cash for Syria’s central bank.