Truce over. Bombs on Aleppo, US-Russia clash
A fragile ceasefire has dissolved, tensions between Russia and US have returned to the maximum level with exchanges of accusations and the population of Aleppo…
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USA No cooperation with Russia until Syria aid flows
The United States made clear on Friday it will not set up a planned joint U.S.-Russian military coordination cell in Syria until regime forces there…
Iran-Russia joint bank to help boost rial, ruble
A top trade official in Tehran says Iran and Russia are working on opening a joint bank between the two countries, adding that the move…
US will not release Syria deal text, official says
The U.S. will not share the full text of a recent deal with Russia on a truce in Syria, the State Department said Thursday. “It…
Russia says Syrian regime forces pulling back from key Aleppo road
Russia on Thursday said Syrian regime forces have begun pulling back from around a key road into the ravaged city of Aleppo, freeing up the…
Lavrov and Kerry agree to 48-hour extension of Syria truce
Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Wednesday agreed to a 48-hour extension for a truce in Syria that began…
How we lost the peace in Syria
The German top diplomat explained that the West has made a number of mistakes and failures in the country and the Arab Spring “demonstrators and democrats” have…
Resettlement policy of the Russian empire in the Caucasus Part I
The XVIII-XIX centuries were a turning point in the history of the Caucasus. The centuries-old struggle of the leading states of the world for the…
Senior Russian Senator Declares New Stage in Tehran-Moscow Military Ties
“Tehran and Moscow have always had close and friendly relations and the military ties between the two countries have entered a new era,” Sabsabi said…
Kerry and Lavrov’s Syrian Diplomacy Shows the Value of Détente
In Geneva on Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, announced a plan to impose a cease-fire in…