The Sparta II, a Russian cargo ship under U.S. sanctions, had been drifting near Tartus since Jan. 5 after leaving Baltiysk ...

Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus ...

The new Syrian authorities have canceled an investment agreement with a Russian company on the management of the port of ...

Syria’s new authorities have terminated an agreement with Russia’s Stroytransgaz to manage the Tartus port, Kommersant ...

Russia’s crucial diesel attack submarines can likely no longer operate in the Mediterranean Sea, after Moscow appears to have ...

The Tartus port is Russia’s sole naval base outside the former Soviet Union and has played a critical role in Moscow’s ...

Ukraine welcomes the cancellation by the Syrian authorities of the investment agreement with the Russian side on Russia's use of the seaport of Tartus.

The contract, signed in 2019, had committed Moscow to invest at least $500 million in modernizing the port. With the ...

Syria’s new government has canceled a 49-year lease signed with Russia to operate the port of Tartus, home to Moscow’s sole naval base on the Mediterranean Sea. The lease, signed in 2017, extended ...

Russia's Mediterranean foothold faces uncertainty, with Tartus’s future hanging in the balance and alternative bases in Libya ...

Assad's regime, Russia lost a key all in the Middle East - but it still hopes to keeps its military bases in Syria.