TASS/. The Russian military police, which will be deployed to Syria’s safe zones, will be equipped with small arms only, head of the Russian delegation at the Astana talks on Syria and Russian ...

Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ...

TASS/. Russian military police have begun moving to Syria’s northeastern areas adjacent to the zone of Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on ...

Whether all this will pay off for Russia, its republics, and Syria remains to be seen. While Russian military police might have strengthened security for now, Aleppo is still under the sway of various ...

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A 2018 photo shows a member of the Russian military police standing guard between the portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the outskirts of Damascus.

Along with Iran and Hezbollah, Russia was instrumental in propping up Assad’s police state ... 7,400 Russian military personnel, from soldiers to sailors, were stationed in Syria.

Russia's Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday it had deployed additional forces in the Syrian-controlled areas of the ...

The resurgence of fighting in Syria has brought into focus the role of foreign powers in the country. Turkey, Iran, Russia and the United States have all deployed troops in Syria since 2011, while ...

Britain said on Saturday it had tracked in recent days six Russian naval and merchant ships carrying ammunition used in Syria as they sailed through the Channel.

Days after rebels routed the Syrian army from a major city in the north, a five-page report landed on the desk of military-intelligence ... Backed by Russia and Iran, Syrian government forces ...