The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a Sunday morning statement that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "decided to leave the presidential post and left ... in Syria, saying Russia would oppose ...

The claim was made by General SVR, which says it is run ... military assets in Syria, such as the critical naval base in Tartus. It is unclear whether Assad's fate in Russia will follow that ...

Russian state news agencies were reporting that President Bashar Assad and his family had arrived in Moscow and were given asylum. Russia said Assad left ... in Syria and says the future of ...

Assad said that after the Russian base came under attack by drones, the Russians decided to move him on the night of Dec. 8 to Russia. “I did not leave the country as part of a plan as it was ...

Former Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday made his first official statement since being toppled by a rebel offensive and fleeing the country for Russia, declaring that he left Syria after a ...

Israel has been pounding what it says are military sites in Syria after the dramatic collapse of Assad's rule, wiping out air defenses and most of the arsenal of the Syrian army. Israeli troops ...

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in western Syria after ...