The Sparta II, a Russian cargo ship under U.S. sanctions, had been drifting near Tartus since Jan. 5 after leaving Baltiysk ...

Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus ...

Russia’s crucial diesel attack submarines can likely no longer operate in the Mediterranean Sea, after Moscow appears to have ...

It is possible Russia could deploy its nuclear-powered submarines to the Mediterranean, but that is unlikely. The waters are ...

The new Syrian authorities have canceled an investment agreement with a Russian company on the management of the port of ...

The fact of the matter is, though, the Russo-Iranian alliance in the Middle East has been dealt a serious blow with the loss of Assad’s regime in Syria. That is now being made all the more evident by ...

Assad, the Russian-backed dictator of Syria, has led to Russia needing to evacuate its military presence from the country. To ...

The Tartus port is Russia’s sole naval base outside the former Soviet Union and has played a critical role in Moscow’s ...

Syria’s new government has canceled a 49-year lease signed with Russia to operate the port of Tartus, home to Moscow’s sole naval base on the Mediterranean Sea. The lease, signed in 2017, extended ...

The new Syrian government has annulled the 2019 lease agreement that granted a Russian company rights to operate the port of ...

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north ...

“At the same time, the Russian military transports Sparta and Sparta II continue to circle in neutral waters nearby – for two ...