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 ...

Iran's sale of drones and ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine, and the selling of oil at significantly reduced prices to China did little to benefit Tehran during the critical days of ...

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

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.

“The U.K. and its EU allies are turning the screw on the Kremlin’s war chest by stemming the most valuable funding stream of ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...