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A forecaster on a Russian state television news show has given a rosy outlook for the weather in Syria, saying it is ideal for flying fighter jets.

There’s a video going around online of a Russian weather forecaster discussing “good weather for bombing” in Syria.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow had called for fresh contacts with the U.S. over avoiding clashes with the Washington-led coalition fighting IS in Syria.

“These military actions constitute a further escalation and will only fuel more extremism and radicalization”, the statement said.

Image by Ali Mustafa via EPA]. It does not reflect the views of the Syria Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. What role are each of these nations playing in Syria. The strikes would “isolate Russian Federation in the region”, he predicted. Strikes there do not reflect the...

Neither country spoke about the second incident.

Leaving aside the recent meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry, during which both sides agreed that they should not engage in any kind of military confrontation against each other in Syria, the only solution in my view is to...

The reason? Trump said he’s anxious a few of the refugees – who have been fleeing Syria after years of civil war – could be members of the terrorist organization the Islamic State, or ISIS, in disguise. But numerous strikes appear to have hit Western-backed...

Turkish F-16 fighter jets were scrambled after a Russian warplane violated Turkey’s air space on Saturday, the foreign ministry said.

David Cameron has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is making “a awful mistake” by sending jets to prop up Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad.

Russia’s Interfax news agency on Saturday reported that the four countries would establish a joint information centre in the Iraqi capital which could be used in the future to coordinate military operations against Islamic State.

The annotations on the image were made by the source and indicate the center of the target, and its direction, yellow.

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad insisted that Russia’s daily airstrikes in Syria are essential to securing peace in the Middle East during a Sunday interview on Iranian TV.

German chancellor Angela Merkel said that while “military efforts” were needed in Syria, they would not be enough to end the bloodshed.

In an interview with France24 television, Abadi accused the U.S.-led coalition of a lack of support and questioned the will of Western leaders to defeat the Islamic State.