FILE PHOTO: A general view of the commercial harbour of Syria's coastal city of Tartous, Syria, December 14, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo UPDATED Jan 31, 2025, 05:59 PM ...

LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Syria is seeking to import oil via local intermediaries after its first post-Assad import tenders garnered little interest from major oil traders due to ongoing ...

Russia has stepped up its military withdrawal from Syria, removing vehicles and containers from its key Tartous port on the country's Mediterranean coast, analysis by BBC Verify suggests.

Russia, whose troops and air force backed Assad for years against Syrian rebels, is seeking to retain its naval base in Tartous and Hmeimim air base near the port city of Latakia. Losing them ...

Al Watan reported that a contract with a Russian company to manage the port in Tartous had been canceled. Following Assad’s downfall, Russia relocated its troops and assets from all over Syria ...

Bogdanov said Russia hoped to maintain its two bases in Syria - a naval base in Tartous and the Hmeimim base near the port city of Latakia. But this month, Syria's new administration cancelled a ...

The Syrian transitional government has cancelled a contract over the management of Tartus‎ Port with Russian firm STG Stroytransgaz. The cancellation of the contract was because the company had failed ...

Two Russian ships linked to its military have docked at the Kremlin's naval base on the Syrian coast at Tartous, with experts suggesting that an anticipated evacuation of the facility has finally ...

The Sparta and the Sparta II docked in Tartous on Tuesday. Both ships are sanctioned by the US and have been linked by Ukraine to the transportation of Russian arms. Analysts anticipated that ...