The new Syrian authorities are rapidly moving toward international recognition beyond their regional neighbors. Keen to limit ...

Russia hasn't mass-evacuated troops and gear out of its key bases in Syria. A senior analyst said the signs would be clear — such a retreat would be difficult to hide.

Russia operates two military bases in Syria: The Khmeimim Air Base near the port city of Latakia and the Tartus naval base on the Mediterranean coast. They are considered among the Kremlin’s ...

Fall of Assad puts Russia’s large military footprint in Syria at risk. The United States and other nations have bases in the country, but none as large or significant as Russia’s.

New satellite images show Russian cargo ships docked at Tartus to haul away military equipment. Russia's presence at the key naval base in Syria fell into uncertainty after the Assad regime ended.

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.

Another video shows Russian military vehicles driving in Jableh, near Hmeimim airbase.. A satellite image of the Russian naval base at Tartus in western Syria on Friday. (©2024 Maxar Technologies ...

This illustrative image from September 26, 2019 shows a Russian navy officer on the corvette Velikiy Ustyug at the Syrian Mediterranean port of Tartus on September 26, 2019.

Russia has deep roots in Syria, particularly through its naval base in Tartus, a port city looking out onto the Mediterranean and its Khmeimim air base just further north.

Russia used the air base in Hmeimim and naval base at Tartus to support Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s 13-year civil war. But now, Assad is gone.

Russian army armoured vehicles drive near the Hmeimim Air Base, a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, located southeast of the city of Latakia in the town of Hmeimim, Syria, Monday Dec ...

Russia is withdrawing its naval ships from the port in the city of Tartus in western Syria. The evacuation is taking place amid a rapid offensive by opposition groups in the north-west of the country.