Russian president Vladimir Putin stated that Moscow seeks to revitalize and modernize the Russian Navy with new shipbuilding ...

The future of the bases, which are integral to Russia's military reach in the Middle East and Africa, is in the hands of Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa. He wants to renegotiate the ...

After years of on-again, off-again negotiations, Sudan has agreed to let Russia establish its first naval base on the ...

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.

Alawites seeking asylum headed towards the Russian air base earlier in March. Russia has distanced itself from the responsibility of protecting the civilians who turned to its base for safety.

The White House on March 25 announced that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to "eliminate the use of force" in the Black Sea, ...

Hundreds of civilians have sought refuge at a Russian air base on Syria’s coast ... children and women walking past a line of Russian military vehicles and eating food distributed by men ...

The final destination of the cargo is unclear. Russia has two main military installations in Syria: an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous, integral to Russia's military reach in the ...

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 Bashar Al Assad's repressive ...

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 ...

For years, soldiers from Russia's Hmeimim Air Base in Syria roamed freely through coastal ... at both Hmeimim and at Russia's Soviet-era Tartous Naval Base 60 kilometers south, small groups ...