Syria’s new government is open to allowing Russia to keep its strategic military bases in the country after the ouster of Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad, Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra told The ...

Ankara has negotiated with the new Syrian government where it could be in a better position to engage ISIS forces.

Russia currently operates two military facilities in Syria: a logistics naval base in the port city of Tartus and the Hmeimim air base located near the city of Jableh in the Latakia Province ...

Turkish plans to establish a presence and air defenses on Syrian soil would hinder Israel’s operational freedom, a situation ...

Some of the Syrians who sought sanctuary at a Russian air base from sectarian ... have been sheltering at the Hmeimin air base since violence swept Syria's coastal region last week, when ...

The issue of Russian bases in Syria is linked to the negotiating process between the Russians and Syria’s new authorities, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said ANKARA, December 13.

its Syria envoy, arrived in the country in January. Their intention was to negotiate the future of Russia’s Khmeimim air base and naval base at Tartus, but the talks soon grew to encompass ...

New satellite images seemingly show hundreds of refugees seeking shelter at a Russian air base in Syria. The images from Maxar Technologies, obtained by defence news site The War Zone, show scores ...

Thousands of Alawites sought refuge in Russia’s Hmeimim military air base in western Syria on Tuesday, a war monitor said, after sectarian mass killings swept the region. “Thousands of Alawite ...

Russia's air base at Hmeimim in Syria is sheltering about 9,000 people seeking refuge from a wave of sectarian violence, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

(photo credit: OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images) Moscow has called on Syrians seeking refuge at the Russian Hmeimim air base in Syria’s coastal region to leave the area as soon as possible ...