Israel works to counter Turkey's growing influence in Syria by lobbying the United States to keep it weak and decentralised, ...

Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralised, including by letting Russia keep its military ...

Jerusalem said to have told Washington that Damascus's new Islamist rulers, backed by Turkey, pose a threat to Israel's ...

Russia's withdrawal from Syria and its shift toward Libya are important developments in terms of Mediterranean security.

Putin is desperate to maintain control over the military base in Latakia, a key logistics point for its Africa operations.

Unidentified drones have been spotted above the Khmeimim air base; a military blogger has theorized the Syrian government is ...

World powers are jockeying for influence, as Syria’s fledgling ... Damascus to meet Mr. al-Shara. Russia wants to keep its naval base on the Mediterranean at Tartus, which dates to the Soviet ...

The Associated Press has obtained audio of what military officials say is a broadcast from a Russian spy ship that suffered a fire and drifted uncontrolled off Syria's coast last month.

Syria's new defense minister said that relations with Russia, which supported Assad, have improved. Hmeimim and Tartus bases are strategic for Russia, offering major air and naval advantages. Syria is ...

Israel has already had a long history of passing on Russian weapons it captured off the numerous battlefields of the Middle ...

Israel has publicly declared its mistrust of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist faction that led the campaign that ...

Syria is open to allowing Russia to keep hold of its two military bases in the country, two months after rebel groups ousted Kremlin ally Bashar Assad and set in motion a Russian troop and ...