Russia's President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Kremlin said on ...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Syria’s new leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first such top-level contact since ...
While Moscow and Tehran want this deal to signal unity in defiance of the West, it’s also about shoring up losses in the wake ...
Despite its statements vowing to clean up the country, Syria’s new government is unlikely to tackle the profitable narcotics ...
The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has dealt a significant blow to Russia’s ambitions in the Middle East. Yet Russia ...
It is arguably Syria that has provided the key impetus ... an initiative championed by Moscow to facilitate trade from Asia to Russia. This route, designed to bypass geopolitical choke points ...
Putin’s actions on Trump’s inauguration day highlighted Russia's growing security and political concerns, from the Middle ...
On Dec. 8, Syrian rebels entered Damascus ... had become completely reliant on Russia and Iran. For independent funding, the government turned to the drug trade. The SAA was largely demobilized ...
On Jan. 17, Syria’s Finance Ministry announced it was banning trade between Syria and three countries – Iran, Israel and Russia – and warned any goods in that now-illegal trade would be confiscated by ...
The two sides agreed to "support trade and economic cooperation ... Evgenia Novozhenina, AFP A rebel offensive overthrew Russian and Iranian-backed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad last month ...