Lavrov: US protecting al-Nusra in order to use it after ISIS
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the United States is “remaining quite” over some of the foreign players on Syrian scene. He…
Russia in Syria
Russian embassy in Syria comes under attack
MOSCOW, August 2. /TASS/. The Russian embassy’s compound in Damascus came under mortar fire on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary, adding…
Russia on the Aleppo ground offensive continues
Bustan al Bashr was once a thriving Aleppo neighborhood. But it has been destroyed during the fighting between rebels and the Syrian government during the…
Erdogan, Putin talks on Friday
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the Syrian conflict with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in phone talks on Friday after the Turkish army accused…
Russia blames UN envoy of ‘sabotaging’ Syria talk
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday accused the UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura of “sabotaging” a resolution backing peace talks between the regime…
Major operation in Syria Russia announced
Russian missiles pounded opposition targets in Syria on Tuesday, the start of a much-anticipated offensive, while activists reported the resumption of bombing in rebel-held neighborhoods…