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“The coalition knows its responsibility and will always acknowledge a mistake if we make it. Take into consideration the chaotic situation in Yemen, with several armed elements and forces active around the country”.

The Kremlin announced Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin has sent a request to Russia’s upper chamber of parliament asking lawmakers to authorize using the Russian army overseas. Military conversation between Russian Federation and the U.S. was cut off following the...

A Syrian refugee carries his child at a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing part of the Aegean Sea from the Turkish coast, September 19, 2015. From the start, the military had trouble recruiting and vetting Syrians who were interested in fighting against the...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has defended President Barack Obama’s decision not to attack Syria more than two years ago because diplomacy was able to prevail.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that while Syria’s government needs reform, the country will fall to the Islamic States if the worldwide community makes getting rid of Assad its top goal.

Some 5,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the Saudi war, with virtually all of the major incidents the result of airstrikes.

Washington has demanded that Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad step down, but Putin’s rival alliance with Shiite-led states will instead shore up the beleaguered government in Damascus.

Saudi-led warplanes pounded rebel positions in Sanaa on Monday as the rebels called a mass rally to celebrate the first anniversary of their seizure of the Yemeni capital.

Iraq says the cooperation is a result of “increased Russian concern about the presence of thousands of terrorists from Russia undertaking criminal acts with the Islamic State”.

A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State in Iraq, Colonel Steve Warren, says the US objects to Syria being part of the intelligence-sharing group.

He is due to tell leaders at a summit in New York that Mr Assad could remain temporarily in power at the head of a transitional government.

Mr Putin said Russia’s support for the Assad government was based on the UN Charter.

As world leaders convene in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton told NBC News’ Chuck Todd she would pursue a fight against ISIS while at the same time working to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.

This is one theory, but there is not a firm conclusion within the Obama administration about why Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending aircraft, tanks and missiles into the wartorn country, several senior USA officials told CNN.

“Well, we coordinate the efforts against ISIL”, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a joint press conference with his USA counterpart John Kerry.