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Iraq has agreed to set up a cell increasing intelligence coordination with Russian Federation, Syria and Iran in the fight against the Islamic State group, a government spokesman said on Sunday. A $500 million program aimed at producing militants capable of taking on the Islamic...

One strike in Syria hit an Islamic State crude oil collection point near Dayr Az Zawr, it said.

The leaders will meet in New York City on Monday since both will be in town for the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting, reports Reuters.

In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes”, Putin said he believes the only solution to fighting terrorism in Syria is through strengthening “effective government structures”. That means, according to RUSI, Russian Federation is liable to harm al-Qaeda,...

The announcement comes one day after Secretary of State John Kerry said the USA would raise its annual refugee cap from 70,000 to 85,000 to accommodate more Syrians fleeing their war-torn country.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu has said the recent Russian military buildup in Syria is “defensive in nature” and aimed at supporting Russian obligations to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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.

Independent Russian military analyst Alexander Golts said the operation – which would not jeopardise ground troops – would be “the most rational approach” if Putin was determined to use the Russian military influx in Syria to score diplomatic points.

Russia’s bolstering of its military aid to Syria has concerned U.S. officials.

Recent evidence showed a growing deployment of Russian forces in Syria, which Israel fears would trickle to Hezbollah and other militant organizations, according to a statement issued last week by the Israeli prime minister’s office.

Russian Federation has delivered new arms including warplanes to Syria as the regime increases attacks on rebels, officials said Tuesday, in a sign that Moscow’s growing support for its ally is having an effect.

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.

The price of waging America’s wars has gone up dramatically this week. No discussion or vote has taken place in parliament; the opposition Labor Party has simply extended its bipartisan support to the Liberal-National Coalition government. Such discrepancies are common in...

The week before, the bill also failed to get the necessary votes. We worry about just general disease burden in refugee populations as they are at risk from a number of highly transmissible and infectious diseases, but with a deliberate disease, intentionally meant to infect high...