United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading ...

The Syrian government has not said whether it will allow the investigation. Aug. 23, 2013 — -- MOSCOW -- Russia is urging the Syrian government to allow U.N. inspectors to investigate claims ...

The paper notes that as Putin rejects U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace proposals, and Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities continue to kill civilians, hopes for a ceasefire deal or a reset in Moscow ...

The fearsome “Axis of Autocracies” bent on disrupting the U.S. led global order — China, Russia, Iran and North Korea — looks ...

Syria’s recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on May 29, 2018, under Assad’s Ba’athist regime, was a rare move, making Syria the fifth UN member state to recognize these breakaway ...

Syria is able to proceed because it enjoys increased support from the US, as well as from Turkey and Qatar, both US allies. advertisement. ... Uyghur fighters cannot return to China.

You've also seen Russia and Iran cooperate in Syria in 2015. Of course, that collapsed this past year. But the Russia-Iran relationship is robust when it comes to military technical cooperation.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Poor infrastructure, regional conflict and sporadic Israeli airstrikes are holding back more airlines ...

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It did so even when Assad, backed by Iran and Russia, appeared to have a stranglehold on power, and the conflict itself caused millions of Syrian refugees to flee to Turkey, creating security risks ...