The defense forces of the Russia and Iran-backed Assad government have been struggling to stave off the lightning advance of ...

Ukraine could be behind rising militant activities in Syria; the next US administration is unlikely to accept Russia’s terms to end the Ukraine conflict; and anti-government protests in Georgia ...

European Union foreign ministers plan to meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss recent developments in Syria and Georgia ... took control of Damascus. Ministers will also deal with the situation ...

German diplomats were also in Damascus on Tuesday, while Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said her country was ready to engage with the new leadership. Syria came under international ...

The overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the coming to power of the armed opposition, supported by Western ...

"On December 15, the withdrawal of part of the personnel of the Russian (diplomatic) representation in Damascus was carried ...

Russia's Foreign Ministry said earlier that Assad had left Syria and given orders for a peaceful transfer of power, after rebel fighters raced into Damascus ... and wars in Georgia and Ukraine.

During a phone call with Badra Gomba, the acting president of Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia ... stepping up its strikes on Iranian bases in Syria, Damascus meanwhile has been pushing for Russia ...