Vladimir Putin is still struggling to re-assert himself in the Middle East after the fall of his ally Bashar al-Assad’s regime, according to the UK. The Russian president helped to prop up the dictator’s regime in Syria since 2015 amid years of civil war,

Iran and Russia signed a 20-year strategic partnership treaty. It outlines significant economic and military cooperation.

The contract, signed in 2019, had committed Moscow to invest at least $500 million in modernizing the port. With the agreement now void, all revenues from the port's operations will go directly to the Syrian state,

From Syria to Libya to Georgia, Putin's grip on his global empire is loosening. Thus far only Turkey and Israel benefit. Will the West rise to the occasion too?

For years, Syria has been a focal point of international conflict, drawing in global powers with competing interests. The country has seen shifting alliances, military interventions, and economic dependencies that have shaped its political landscape.

“Bashar al-Assad visits his aunt in her modest home in Moscow, in the Russian Republic ... an English translation of the video’s description reads. According to the Syria Times, al-Assad visited “wounded soldiers [including Dunya who] were injured ...

An Assad official claims Putin betrayed his ally by promising support that never came.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian may discuss the situation in Syria, the Middle East, and Iran's nuclear programme on Friday, during Pezeshkian's visit to Russia, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

The Sparta II, a Russian cargo ship under U.S. sanctions, has been drifting near Tartus since Jan. 5 after leaving Baltiysk in Kaliningrad Oblast on Dec. 11, according to the Moscow Times.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian deepened military ties between their countries on Friday by signing a 20-year strategic partnership that is likely to worry the West.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting his Iranian counterpart President Masoud Pezeshkian for the signing of a broad partnership pact

Their treaty may be a case of "form over substance," and its timing — after Assad's fall and before Trump's return — is key.