Renewed US-Russia rift threatens slim Syria peace hope
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The latest US and Russian bid to find enough common ground on which to build some hope for Syria is in trouble,…
Russia
Analysis: The Pragmatic Sunni Fronr Against Iran Exists No More
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have agreed that there is no military solution for the Syrian crisis. America is adopting the disengagement policy of former…
Russia is using a video game to ‘prove’ the U.S. is letting ISIS flee Syria
The image provided by the Russian defense ministry was damning: three Islamic State trucks led by an armored vehicle on their way to a key battlefield in…
Russian FM Lavrov to visit Azerbaijan and Armenia – report
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Baku on November 19 for talks on the settlement of theNagorno-Karabakh conflict, sources told 168 Zham newspaper. On November…
Turkey, Russia agree to deepen relations
Ankara and Moscow have agreed to deepen bilateral ties, Turkey’s president said on Nov. 13. “We have agreed to deepen our relations,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan…
Kurdish rift emerges between Erdogan, Putin
ANKARA, Turkey — Since a Russian warplane was shot down by Turkey in November 2015, Turkey has been scrambling to reconcile with Russia, but disagreements over the…
Russia and West clash over blaming Syria for chemical use
UNITED NATIONS — Russia clashed with Western nations Tuesday over a report blaming Syria for a deadly chemical weapons attack, with Moscow dismissing its findings…
Assaults in Syria and Iraq oust IS from border bastions
Syrian troops ousted Islamic State extremists Friday from Deir el-Zour, a major city in eastern Syria, while Iraqi forces retook Qaim, the group’s last big town across…
Turkey’s plan to acquire Russia’s S-400 air-defense system may never happen,
While Russia continues to tout the planned sale of its S-400 strategic air-defense system to Turkey, some U.S. analysts are growing more skeptical about the deal. On Thursday,…
Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran rearing economic nucleus
The heads of state of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran met in Tehran on Wednesday as the second leg of a tripartite meeting series, which addresses…