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 has been central to Russian plans to project power across the Middle East — as evidenced by the recent signing of a 49-year lease for Syrian bases. But after the ouster of the ally it ...

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Syria is open to allowing Russia to hold onto two key military bases after Bashar Assad's ousting. Syria's new defense minister said that relations with Russia, which supported Assad, have improved.

lay the groundwork for Russia to keep its military bases in Syria, less than two months after rebels had toppled Moscow’s preferred strongman, Bashar al-Assad. To do so, the delegation would ...

Russia’s former president claimed NATO’s newest members are potential targets for revenge strikes using nuclear weapons in the event of war — as the Kremlin expands its military bases along ...

Even as it pounds Ukraine, Russia is expanding its military footprint in Africa, delivering sophisticated weaponry to ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia intends to develop military and technical cooperation with "friendly ...

Russia faces the prospect of losing key bases in Syria but still has moves left. Keeping its bases may come down to lucrative deals with the now victorious groups it had attacked. These bases are ...