Troops loyal to Syria’s new interim government, led by the Islamist faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), now man the entrance gateway to the Tartus port, but they told AFP they were under orders not to ...

Russia and Syria will hold further talks over Russian military bases in Syria ... a naval facility in Tartous and the Hmeimim air base near the port city of Latakia. Syria's new ruling ...