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

Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she met with authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad, is expected to be a focus of questions ...

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

Vladimir Putin is still struggling to re-assert himself in the Middle East after the fall of his ally Bashar al-Assad’s ...

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, greets Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a rally at the Botcharov Routchei residence in Sochi, Russia, November 21, 2017. Photo courtesy of the press ...

Vladimir Putin is currently entangled in a major international controversy, after Syria’s former media chief and top aide to ...

Bashar al-Assad's British ... under the thumb of President Vladimir Putin. 'Life in Moscow, Russia - in a golden cage - is no longer satisfactory for Asma Assad,' pro-opposition political analyst ...

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

On Jan. 1, 2025, several media outlets including Newsweek and The Sun reported on a supposed poison attack on the exiled former president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, who resides in Russia ...

Bashar al-Assad ... Sources indicate that Assad, who has been under the protection of Russian President Vladimir Putin since fleeing Syria on December 8, 2024, fell seriously ill on Sunday.

In 2015, when Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Syria at the request of dictator Bashar al-Assad, he had several goals in mind. He wanted to help Russia escape the international ...