TARTUS, syria — Loyalists who support the government of President Bashar Assad are flocking to the Mediterranean port of Tartus, creating an overflowing boomtown far removed from the tangled ...

That report goes on to say that Tartus can dock nuclear submarines, it is the receiving point for Russian weapons shipments to Syria and it is linked to a well-developed network of roads and railways.

HMEIMIM, Syria (AP) — A convoy of Russian military vehicles rolled down the highway towards the Syrian city of Tartus on Monday as soldiers stood guard. Planes periodically descended and rose ...

Syria has ended its Tartus port contract with Russia, allocating management of the facility to Damascus, according to the Kyiv Independent.. The new government, which assumed power following the ...

The Israeli army carried out airstrikes in Latakia and Tartus in northwestern Syria on Friday, targeting "storage facilities" containing "missiles," resulting in one fatality and property damage.

Using Tartus, and the Hmeimim air base, about 60 kilometers up the coast, Russian forces helped Syria’s air force obliterate swaths of Syrian cities, causing major civilian casualties while ...

More than its weapons sales to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russia's greatest strategic and geopolitical interest in Syria is the use of a deep-water port at Tartus.

On November 27, a powerful force led by Islamist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched an offensive in northern Syria.

A colossal explosion rocked the Syrian port city of Tartus overnight, following a presumed Israeli airstrike, fueling fresh scrutiny over Israel's actions in Syria following the Assad regime's ouster.

Russia plans to expand its supply base in the Syrian port city of Tartus into a permanent naval base, Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov said on Monday, according to state news agency TASS.

This illustrative image from September 26, 2019 shows a Russian navy officer on the corvette Velikiy Ustyug at the Syrian Mediterranean port of Tartus on September 26, 2019.