Since the fall of his regime, the Syrian dictator has joined family and relatives who were already in Russia. For years, the Assad clan has been transferring and investing a large amount of money in Moscow.

Assad’s wife have broken their silence amid rumours the dictator is getting divorced. It comes amid growing calls for Brit-born Asma al-Assad – who stood by as

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has not been defeated in Syria after rebel groups ousted his ally and longtime leader, Bashar al-Assad, earlier this month. In his first public comments on the subject on Thursday,

Russian officials have been forced to issue a statement after reports emerged suggesting the wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was seeking a divorce.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would enquire about the whereabouts of Austin Tice, the American journalist missing in Syria, while responding to a question from an NBC correspondent at his lengthy end-of-year press conference.

Russia's president says he should've prepared more before launching his country's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not see the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad as a defeat for his country's military, which has been stationed there since 2015. "They want to pass off the events in Syria as a defeat for Russia.

The trio were trying to determine if Bashar al-Assad's government was salvageable ... There's no doubt the toppling of the Assad regime significantly weakens Vladimir Putin's Middle East power. But it's also clear that Russia was wary of getting caught ...

Vladimir Putin has been warned Russian military personnel and equipment is now “stranded” in Syria after the dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The dictator fled the country’s capital, Damascus, at the weekend and has been flown to Moscow at the personal insistence of Putin himself.

Asma al-Assad grew up in Acton, west London and, after attending a private girls' school, graduated from King's College London with a Bachelor's Degree in computer science and French literature

Vladimir Putin has promised to ask Bashar Al-Assad about American journalist Austin Tice, who was kidnapped in Syria 12 years ago - it comes after a Syrian prisoner claimed he saw Tice alive in 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he hasn't yet met with exiled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad — even though he personally made the decision to grant the dictator and his family asylum when Syria's longtime dictator fled the country after his regime crumbled.