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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.

Meanwhile, France said it was “curious” that Russian airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday had not targeted ISIS militants and a diplomatic source added that Moscow’s action appeared aimed at supporting President Bashar al-Assad against other opposition groups in the...

Carter’s comments come after news Russian Federation launched airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday.

“In my speech, I will – of course – refer to our policy vis-à-vis Syria and the dangers on our northern border”.

The Paris prosecutor’s office announced on Wednesday that it had opened an investigation this month into Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for alleged crimes against humanity, launching a case that highlights the divisions between the world’s major military powers over...

He spoke of only two possible outcomes for a settlement in Syria, saying a transitional council reached through a political process would be the “preferred option”.

Now imagine those frenemies are Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin, and that the party they’re both crashing is a session of the United Nations General Assembly. “In accordance with this logic”, he told the world leaders gathered in New York, “we should...

“We must not forget that the roots of today’s wars, destruction, and terror can be found in the occupation, invasion and military intervention of yesterday”, Rouhani said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday.

Shaaban said there was a “change in the West’s positions” over Syria’s war, which has killed more than 240,000 people and displaced millions since 2011.

“We won’t be able to solve the conflict from outside, without involving regional countries”, she underscored.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has controversially suggested that the West should negotiate with Syria’s despotic leader Bashar al Assad.

Satellite images show that Russian Federation is expanding their military presence in Syria, where they have long supported one side of the ongoing civil war.

Netanyahu took along top Israeli generals for his talks with Putin, who is trying to prop up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against an Islamist-led Syrian insurgency in its fifth year. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and his Russian counterpart Minister of Defense Sergei Shoygu...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sought to assuage Israel’s fears of a potential Iranian and Syrian aggression.

A senior US official said Shoigu told Carter that Russia’s increased military activities are defensive in nature, and designed to honor Moscow’s commitments to the Assad government.