It already appears evident that the days of Russia serving as its leading arms supplier have come to an ignominious end.

Russia’s deputy foreign minister and a special presidential envoy for Syria arrived in Damascus on Tuesday, according to ...

Syria established diplomatic relationship with the Soviet Union in 1944 and became the ... began moving away from the Soviet orbit in the 1970s, Hafez al-Assad’s regime in Syria remained a ...

Hafez al-Assad ... itself with the Soviet Union (as it then was), although it was mostly pragmatic in its dealings with the US and Israel. A personality cult was built around Assad.

THEN-SYRIAN PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad is cheered by deputies on ... However, the 1990 Gulf War and the collapse of his Soviet patron led Hafez to break off relations with Iran, forge new relations ...

THE mom of a missing US journalist abducted by Assad’s savage regime has discovered a chilling clue about her son in a Syrian ...

a Soviet ally who ruled Syria for three decades and helped propel a minority Alawite population to key political, social and military posts. Like the son who succeeded him, Hafez al-Assad ...

Hafez al-Assad was one of a generation of Arab strongmen – among ... Syria aligned itself with the Soviet Union (as it then was), although it was mostly pragmatic in its dealings with the US and ...