Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 8 - Syrian rebels are looking for men from deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime in foreign embassies in Damascus including the Italian one, the Farnesina (foreign ministry ...

A Russian Telegram channel has claimed that Bashar al Assad may have been poisoned, sparking online speculation about the fate of the Syrian dictator after he fled to Moscow following his downfall.

Bashar al-Assad's British wife is severely ill from leukaemia and has been given a '50/50' chance of survival by doctors, sources in contact with the family claim. Asma al-Assad reportedly fled to ...

The foreign ministers will discuss a landmark national dialogue conference that Syria's new leaders say will set the priorities for the country. Initially planned for January, the ...

Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria's infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted President Bashar al-Assad, was charged by a federal grand jury in California with several ...

NATO needs a stronger focus on the south and Africa, Italy's prime minister told a news conference on Thursday, saying Russia might boost its presence in eastern Libya after the collapse of its allied ...

Dec. 26 (UPI) --An ambush in Syria by suspected loyalists to deposed President Bashar al-Assad killed as many as 20 members of Syria's new security force in the west of the country Thursday ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed Thursday in talks in Rome with European counterparts on the need to encourage ...

Foreign ministers from Italy, France, Germany, Britain and the United States will meet this week over the situation in Syria, Italy said Tuesday.

STORY: Foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western and Middle Eastern countries met with Syria's new foreign minister on ...

Ahmed al-Shara, who led the rebel offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad, offered little clarity on what the electoral process might look like. By Ismaeel Naar Syria’s de facto new leader has ...