Iran’s eastern shift shows patience running out with the West
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader has signalled a decisive shift in favour of relations with China and Russia, indicating that patience is running out with efforts…
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Syria war: Eastern Ghouta bombing ‘catastrophic’
A doctor working in the Syrian rebel enclave of the Eastern Ghouta says the situation is “catastrophic” – and he believes the international community has…
Reports: Russian contractors killed by US strike in Syria
MOSCOW — An unknown number of private Russian military contractors were killed by a U.S. strike in Syria, Russian media reported Tuesday in a development…
U.S. Strikes Killed Scores of Russian Fighters in Syria, Sources Say
U.S. forces killed scores of Russian contract soldiers in Syria last week in what may be the deadliest clash between citizens of the former foes…
Kremlin says US diplomatic help on Syria insufficient
US support for the process of stabilizing Syria has been inadequate, the Kremlin spokesman Dmtiry Peskov said on Monday. “There is a shortage of this…
Russian airstrike shatters a hospital, and a Syrian family’s future
After surviving seven years of war, Aya Qrai was offered a unique chance at joy: her first child, a son. “Abdulrazaq let me live in…
PUTIN’S SECRET ARMIES WAGED WAR IN SYRIA—WHERE WILL THEY FIGHT NEXT?
In the desert of eastern Syria, not far from a town called Deir ez-Zor, there’s reportedly a pile of stones surrounding a wooden board, with an Orthodox…
Why Is Turkey Silent On Russia’s Cooperation With The Syrian Kurds?
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan never misses an opportunity to swipe at the United States for its cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish militia, the YPG…
Assad Hopeful About Upcoming Russian-Sponsored Talks on Syria
WASHINGTON — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressed regret for the stalemate of U.N.-brokered intra-Syrian talks in Geneva last week but says he expects better results…
Will Iran, Russia find solution to Caspian dilemma?
Nearly three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union and following 26 years of tough negotiations, a solution to the legal status of the…