Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the fall of Assad.

The images show new activity at the Hmeimim Air Base over the past few days as Russia's military footprint in Syria remains in limbo.

Russia's military presence at two key bases in Syria fell into uncertainty after the Assad regime fell last weekend.

Israel said it had wiped out the vast majority of the Syrian military's assets, including huge chunks of its air-defense network.

The target was apparently a weapons depot, with the explosion so large it caused seismic equipment to log 3 on the Richter scale

Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes late Sunday on military positions in Syria's Latakia and Tartus provinces, according to information from an aircraft observation post. The attacks targeted several key sites in western Syria, including military bases and ammunition depots.

It says the killings occurred in four religiously mixed provinces — Hama and Homs in central Syria, and Tartus and Latakia along its eastern coast. Gunmen stormed the village of Bahra in Hama ...

A Russian cargo vessel tasked with transporting military equipment and personnel from Syria suffered a mechanical failure at sea, highlighting the logistical and strategic challenges Moscow faces amid its withdrawal from the war-torn nation.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, the ship was dispatched to evacuate troops from Syria and is currently adrift near Portugal.

The security campaign is intended to prevent widespread lawlessness, and bring regime personnel to justice, according to Syria's new authorities

Syria's military said it had carried out a "temporary troop withdrawal" in Aleppo to prepare for a counteroffensive against "terrorists". And it admitted insurgents had entered large parts of the ...