Syria

FT details Russian withdrawal from Syria

Russia has withdrawn at least 400 soldiers from the Damascus area in coordination with opposition forces that ousted Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Financial Times reported on Dec. 15, citing Kamal Lababidi of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

16 December 2024, 11:23 AM

Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary discuss boosting military aid to Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the need to bolster security support for Ukraine with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, the State Department said on Dec. 16.

16 December 2024, 11:06 AM

Ukraine ready to supply grain to Syria as Russian shipments halted

Kyiv is prepared to supply food to Syria following the fall of Assad's regime, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval said on Dec. 13.

14 December 2024, 01:57 AM

Ukrainian drone operators aid Syrian rebels in toppling Assad regime

Syrian rebels, who overthrew Bashar al-Assad's regime, received assistance from Ukraine, including drones and support from Ukrainian UAV operators,The Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote on Dec. 10.

11 December 2024, 01:08 PM

7,500 Russian troops trapped in Syria after regime collapse

Russia will struggle to evacuate 7,500 troops and military hardware from Syria after Bashar Assad's regime fell, BBC Russian Service reported Dec. 10.

11 December 2024, 12:00 PM

Putin blocks Syrian mercenaries from leaving Ukraine to support Assad regime — Center for National Resistance

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has refused to provide military assistance to Bashar al-Assad's regime, rejecting a request to deploy Syrian mercenaries, stationed in Ukraine'a occupied territories, National Resistance Center (NRC) wrote on Dec. 10.

11 December 2024, 08:04 AM

Ousted Syrian dictator Assad smuggles $135 billion to Russia

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad transferred $135 billion to Russia, former intelligence officer of Assad’s toppled regime Khalid Beyye told Turkish newspaper Turkiye Gazetesi on Dec. 10.

11 December 2024, 01:46 AM

Russia faces challenges in evacuating troops and equipment from Syria

Russia will face significant difficulties in evacuating its military personnel and equipment from Syria following the collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime, the BBC’s Russian Service reported on Dec. 10.

10 December 2024, 05:27 PM

Assad may move to Moscow City luxury district after fleeing his regime's collapse

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Moscow after his regime's collapse, is expected to settle in an upscale Moscow City neighborhood where his relatives reportedly own property, according to the Russian edition of the German tabloid Bild on Dec. 10.

10 December 2024, 03:59 PM

Assad's fall could alter Russia's stance on Ukraine negotiations

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and his subsequent flight to Moscow do not merely mark the loss of a client state for the Kremlin, CNN senior editor Nathan Hodge argued in an article on Dec. 9.

10 December 2024, 01:13 PM

Russian forces retreat from Syria, bringing military planes to evacuate troops and gear

After the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime, Russia deployed military transport planes to withdraw troops, weapons, and equipment, according to Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate on Dec. 10.

10 December 2024, 01:08 PM

Israel launches 250 airstrikes on Syria to dismantle Assad's remaining military capabilities

Israel conducted approximately 250 airstrikes in Syria over the past 48 hours to dismantle the military capabilities of the fallen regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Dec. 9.

10 December 2024, 10:59 AM

Russia's Syrian contingent won’t sway Ukraine war, CCD head says

Russia may redeploy its troops from Syria to Ukraine after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at the National Security and Defense Council, wrote on Telegram on Dec. 9.

10 December 2024, 08:37 AM

International headlines reflect on Assad’s fall and its consequences

Global media are drawing parallels between the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and the ousting of former dictators in Iraq and Libya, Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi. Outlets describe the events as “historic moments” for Syria and analyze the implications of the dictator’s dramatic escape.

9 December 2024, 03:33 PM

Russia seeks Turkish help in evacuating troops from Syria

Moscow has asked Ankara for assistance in the safe withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime, CNN Türk reported on Dec. 9, citing its own sources.

9 December 2024, 01:15 PM

Syrian rebels discover secret tunnels that could have allowed Assad to flee Damascus

Syrian rebels have discovered a network of underground tunnels that could have allowed dictator Bashar Assad and his family to flee Damascus, with a video of the secret tunnels now circulating online, the Daily Mail reported on Dec. 9.

9 December 2024, 12:21 PM

Impact of Assad regime’s collapse and Russia's possible withdrawal from Syria – ISW

The swift collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria—a regime Moscow has supported since 2015—marks a strategic political defeat for Russia and creates a new crisis as the Kremlin struggles to maintain its strategic military presence in the country.

9 December 2024, 11:20 AM

Bashar al-Assad given refuge in Moscow

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow and been granted asylum "out of humanitarian considerations", Russian propaganda agency TASS reported on Dec. 8, citing a Kremlin source.

9 December 2024, 08:41 AM

Fall of Assad regime in Syria unlikely to impact Russia's war in Ukraine, security official says

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria is unlikely to impact Russia's ability to wage war in Ukraine, Andriy Kovalenko, the head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, said on Dec. 8.

8 December 2024, 05:11 PM

Ukraine expresses readiness to rebuild diplomatic ties with Syria

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha addressed the collapse of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's regime on Dec. 8.

8 December 2024, 04:45 PM

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