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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Russia-Syria relations

This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa addressing representatives and dignitaries of Syrian communities during the National Dialogue Conference called for by the country's new authorities in Damascus on February 25, 2025. (SANA/AFP)
March 6, 2025, 2:22 pm
Syria gets fresh batch of currency printed in Russia, as ties continue to warm
Size of delivery, the second since Ahmed al-Sharaa came into power, is unclear; Moscow seeking to maintain influence in Damascus after backing ousted leader Assad during civil war
By Timour Azhari
This handout satellite image taken by Maxar Technologies on December 17, 2024 shows an overview of the port of Tartus in western Syria. (Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
January 24, 2025, 7:06 pm
Syria’s new leaders cancel port contract with Russian firm
Syrian media reports Tartus port management deal with Russia’s STG Stroytransgaz has been annulled, after new administration says contract with Assad’s government was not fulfilled
By Reuters
Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, walks in the presidential palace in Damascus, December 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
December 29, 2024, 3:54 pm
Syria could take four years to hold elections, de facto leader Sharaa says
Rebel chief who ousted Assad says drafting a new constitution could take three years, subsequent changes could take another
By Hatem Maher and Menna Alaa
Syria's first lady, Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, picks roses during the Damascene Rose Harvest Festival in the village of al-Marah in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria, Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
December 23, 2024, 7:06 pm
Russia denies reports that Bashar al-Assad’s wife, Asma, filed for divorce
Kremlin also denies that UK-born ‘Desert Rose’ requested to leave Moscow, where the Assad family fled as rebels took Damascus
By Agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2024. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
December 19, 2024, 5:32 pm
Putin says Israel ‘main beneficiary’ of Syrian rebels’ ousting of Assad
Russian president tells reporters he hopes IDF troops leave buffer zone, but ‘I have the impression that not only are they not going to leave, but they’re going to reinforce’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Russian army armored vehicles drive near the Hmeimim Air Base, a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, located southeast of the city of Latakia in the town of Hmeimim, Syria, December 16, 2024. (AP/Leo Correa)
December 16, 2024, 11:52 pm
Russia still has a military presence in post-Assad Syria — for now
After years of backing now-toppled regime, Moscow is pulling back from some areas of Syria, but still has troops at primary base in Latakia, saying it is in talks with new leaders
By ABBY SEWELL
Then-president Bashar al-Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during presidential elections in the town of Douma, near the Syrian capital of Damascus, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
December 16, 2024, 5:39 pm
Breaking silence, Assad denies abandoning Syria despite his flight from rebels
In first statement since overthrow by jihadists, former dictator claims ‘terrorist onslaught’ forced his departure, says he ‘never abandoned resistance in Palestine’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An aerial photo shows military vehicles parked outside a building, reportedly used by the Russian Army, in the in the Syrian town of Al-Bassah in the Latakia province on December 12, 2024. (Aaref Watad/AFP)
December 14, 2024, 10:13 pm
After Assad’s fall, Russia pulling some, but not all, of its forces out of Syria
Moscow says it will maintain presence at two main Syrian bases; attitude of new regime toward Russian presence is still unclear
By Tuvan Gumrukcu, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Guy Faulconbridge
An image of Syrian President Bashar Assad, riddled with bullets, is seen on the facade of the provincial government office in the aftermath of the opposition's takeover of Hama, Syria, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
December 13, 2024, 5:54 pm
Desperate Assad deceived those around him in last hours before stealthy flight from Syria
Ousted Syrian president kept officials and relatives, including his own brother, in dark about his exit plan; hunted for outside help to maintain his rule before eventually fleeing
By Samia Nakhoul, Maya Gebeily, Parisa Hafezi and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Screen capture from video of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov during an interview with NBC News, December 10, 2024. (NBC News. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 11, 2024, 11:48 am
Russia spirited Assad out of Syria in ‘secure manner,’ Moscow’s deputy FM reveals
Speaking to NBC News, Sergei Ryabkov says Russia acted as required ‘in such an extraordinary situation,’ indicates Syrian strongman won’t be handed to ICC for trial
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Julani, address a crowd at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024. (Aref TAMMAWI / AFP)
December 8, 2024, 11:06 pm
Assad flees to Moscow as victorious rebel leader al-Golani enters Damascus
‘This victory, my brothers, is historic for the region,’ says HTS leader at mosque in Syrian capital; Biden says fall of Assad is ‘justice,’ but also ‘a moment of risk’ for region
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An Iranian flag lies on the ground at the entrance of the Iranian embassy which damaged by opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)
December 8, 2024, 6:52 pm
Once staunch Assad backers, Iran and Russia now calling for deescalation in Syria
Moscow claims there is ‘no serious threat’ to its two key military bases in Syria, while remaining mum on their future; Tehran says only Syrian nation should decide country’s fate
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A damaged portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs in the city of Qamishli, as Syrian Kurds celebrate the fall of capital Damascus to anti-government fighters on December 8, 2024. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
December 8, 2024, 3:01 pm
Russia says Assad has left office and fled Syria, but whereabouts remain unknown
One report indicates ousted dictator was killed in plane crash, another hints he departed Russian base on aircraft; Syrian civilians loot his home in Damascus
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Syrian official flag lies on the ground as opposition fighters stand on the tarmac of the Aleppo international airport in Aleppo, December 2. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
December 2, 2024, 10:02 pm
Iraqi fighters head to Syria to battle rebels, but Hezbollah said staying out of fight
While hundreds of members of Iran-backed militias are backing Assad’s forces, Lebanese terror group still licking its wounds after 14 months of fighting it initiated against Israel
By Reuters and ToI Staff
In this picture taken from the northern Syrian village of Ariha, smoke billows from the site of clashes and mutual shelling between Syrian opposition factions and regime forces on the front lines on the outskirts of the city of Saraqib in Syria's Aleppo province on November 28, 2024. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
November 28, 2024, 3:21 pm
Rebels launch large-scale attack on Assad’s forces in northwestern Syria
Jihadist group HTS’s offensive, started same day as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, regarded as largest since 2020; Syrian army says it bombed opposition targets with Russia
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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