In a pre-recorded speech, Sharaa vowed to "pursue the criminals who shed Syrian blood and committed massacres and crimes", whether they were in Syria or abroad, and to establish "real transitional ...

Gabbard replied that she had only meant to highlight the “egregiously illegal and unconstitutional programs” that Snowden had ...

Former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of national intelligence, faced ...

Lawmakers gave DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard more than a half-dozen chances to withdraw past support of Edward Snowden in her confirmation hearing, but she didn't take them.

Russia lost a key ally when the Syrian President was ousted by Islamist rebels last month. NPR visited a Russian air base in western Syria to examine how Moscow will fare under Syria's new rulers.

The new Syrian government demands that Russia extradite former President Bashar al-Assad. He fled to Moscow after rebels ...

Russia deployed troops to Syria in 2015 to support Assad regime's brutal crackdown against anti-government forces.

Russia is struggling to retain two military bases in Syria that have enabled it to project influence in the Middle East and ...

Moscow is anxious to maintain its strategically important military assets in the country, which hosts its only bases outside ...

NICOLE GRAJEWSKI is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate ...

A delegation from the Russian Foreign Ministry travelled to Damascus for talks with Syria's new leaders on Tuesday for the ...