Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

Russia will also be mindful to have a plan B should things go wrong for its Libyan ally. "We must not repeat the mistake made in Syria, betting on a local dictator without an alternative," said ...

Now the conflict-riven North African nation of Libya is central to Russian efforts to project power into the Mediterranean. Flight-tracking data analyzed by CNN show more than one flight a day ...

Russia sent support ship 'Sparta' to join the warship fleet that fled Tartus last month. It is likely they are negotiating a ...

Russia's exit from Syria will disrupt supplies to its forces in Africa. But as Moscow's fortunes in the resource-rich Continent wane, Beijing's are rising ...

Out of that morass, Moscow let it slip that they were interested in building a brand new, sprawling warm-water port in chaotic Libya. Russia already has a few airbases there, and reports have ...

The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate ...

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Syria says it's open to allowing Russia to keep hold of two key military bases, months after rebel groups ousted Kremlin ally ...

Analysts say the return suggests that Moscow is preparing to evacuate one of its most valuable overseas bases.

Paris (AFP) – The fall of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria has disrupted the Kremlin's strategy not only for the Mediterranean but also for Africa, pushing it to focus on Libya as a ...