LATAKIA, Syria-For years, soldiers from Russia's Hmeimim Air Base in Syria roamed freely through coastal cities. War planes flew from the complex to bombard Islamist rebels fighting Mr Bashar al ...

BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralized, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey’s growing ...

BEIRUT/WASHINGTON - Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralised, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey's growing influence in ...

Days before the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Russia said the Syrian ... both expand its economic footprint in Syria and hold on to its military bases there.

Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralized, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey's growing influence in the country ...

Russia Gambles to Keep Military Bases in Post-Assad Syria By Samia Nakhoul and Timour Azhari LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) - For years, soldiers from Russia's Hmeimim Air Base in Syria roamed freely ...

Now, with those rebels in power, Moscow senses an opportunity to both expand its economic footprint in Syria and hold on to its military bases there. It is a surprising rapprochement. Russian ...