Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

Assad's request to Putin was for him to personally handle the secure aerial transportation necessary to deliver military aid to suppor

Vladimir Putin is currently entangled in a major international controversy, after Syria’s former media chief and top aide to Bashar al-Assad has claimed that the Russian President 'tricked' his Syrian colleague during his last phase of reign,

Assad’s trove of luxury vehicles worth millions of dollars in the fallen dictator’s Presidential Palace in Damascus. The high-end collection

Syria’s former media chief and top aide to Bashar al-Assad said that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have “tricked” the ousted Syrian president in his final days as leader.

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the conflict-ridden Central African Republic (CAR),

Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan from 2021 to 2025, has served in Congress, as White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama, and as mayor of Chicago. He will spend the next year writing about politics and national security with a special focus on the future of the Democratic Party.

The Israeli security cabinet had earlier recommended to the government that it allow the Qatar, Egypt and US-mediated truce to go into effect on Sunday.

French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the book and film "Persopolis", has refused the French legion d'honneur over the country's "hypocrisy" in its dealings with Iran.

Senate Democrats want to slow the roll on Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community. Democrats are insisting on delaying Gabbard’s confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence,

Washington needs a plan to create conditions for future U.S. investment to stabilize Syria — and to make sure Russia doesn’t regain a foothold.