Saudi Arabia has not responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for Riyadh to purchase one of the S-300 or S-400 air defence systems, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov...

A senior US official on Tuesday called for a UN Security Council response to the attacks on Saudi oil facilities that the United States blames on Iran, but it...

Russia’s special envoy for Afghanistan held talks with the leaders of the Afghan Taliban in Moscow on Friday, Anadolu reports. The Taliban delegation arrived in the Russian capital days...

The final parts of the second battery of Russian S-400 missile defense system have arrived in capital Ankara, Turkish Defense Ministry said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. Noting that the...

European Union follows the talks between Turkey and the US on a safe zone in Syria along Turkey’s border, an EU official said on Friday, says Reuters. “Obviously, we...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the war in Syria has come to an end and the focus should now be on promoting a long-lasting settlement and providing...

Syrian rebel fighters on Wednesday said Russian-backed forces were amassing troops in preparation for resuming a five-month offensive in northwest Syria after a second day of raids by jets...

The United Nations has accused several parties of committing war crimes in Syria, most notably the Syrian regime, Russia, and the United States. UN investigators said, Wednesday, that the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to annex Jordan Valley would escalate tensions in the region, Russian Foreign Ministry warned on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “We share our concern over...

US President Donald Trump abruptly fired his national security adviser John Bolton amid disagreements with his hard-line aide over how to handle foreign policy challenges such as North Korea,...

Sensational details have emerged in the long-standing lawsuit filed by survivors of the 9/11 terror attack and families of victims seeking to link the Saudi government with the plot...

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s press office denied on Monday reports of evading military cooperation with Russia, saying it was “false” information. The office said in a press statement...

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that the Trump administration was considering imposing sanctions on related to Turkey’s purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defense missile system,...

France and the UK on Thursday criticized Iran’s recently announced intention to further reduce its level of compliance with the nuclear deal of 2015. Iran’s plan to suspend limits...

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that his country is ready to use force to defend its ships in the Strait of Hormuz. During a speech at the Eastern Economic...

Leaked documents reveal US-purchased weapons have been trafficked to Daesh fighters in Yemen. According to investigative journalism site Arms Watch, documents from Serbian state-owned arms manufacturer Krusik and exporter...

Russia has offered to support Iraq's sovereignty following the Israeli attacks on PMF bases

More than 1,000 civilians were killed in Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib over the past four months, the United Nations (UN) announced yesterday. The UN High Commissioner for Human...

Militants loyal to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad have executed an elderly woman who refused to leave her house when the militias demanded its confiscation in the...

Turkish and Russian humanitarian organisations signed an agreement Tuesday to increase aid, especially in Syria’s Idlib province, reports Anadolu Agency. The memorandum of understanding was signed by Turkish Red...

Russia’s Ambassador to Egypt Sergei Kirpichenko, 68, has died suddenly at a Cairo hospital. Kirpichenko was Russia’s envoy to Cairo since 2011 after previously serving in Saudi Arabia, the...

August was yet another bloody month for Syrians in the opposition-controlled province of Idlib, with some 200 people estimated to have been killed in heavy bombardments by the Syrian...

What makes a regime and its ruler legitimate? The question has long been on the minds of the greatest philosophers and political scientists stretching from ancient Greece to the...

Russia’s military said the United States had mounted air strikes in Syria’s Idlib without forewarning Moscow or Ankara, endangering a ceasefire there, Russian news agencies and Reuters reported on...

It is significant to note that Saturday’s ceasefire in Syria was announced by Russia and not by the ruling Assad dynasty, whose corrupt behaviour triggered the brutal civil war...

The Russian Defence Ministry yesterday announced a ceasefire in northwest Syria, which will come into effect today. The Russian news agency Sputnik quoted the Russian Reconciliation Centre as saying...

The United States (US) has warned firms and businesses who participate in the annual Damascus International Fair could risk having sanctions placed on them. In a statement posted on...

Russia and its Syrian army ally stepped up aerial raids on northwest Syria as they sent reinforcements from elite army units and Iranian-backed militias to bolster a major offensive...

Head of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party and de facto leader of Israel’s opposition, Benny Gantz, has had his mobile phone hacked by apparent Russian attackers just...

Russia is concerned about the double standards demonstrated by the West toward the presence of Daesh in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday. “Undoubtedly, fight against terrorism...

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s deal with the United States to set up a “safe zone” in northeast Syria was a correct step and that Ankara would not let...

Many reports indicated that the Sultanate of Oman has taken an active part in the 61st Damascus International Fair, which starts on Wednesday and runs until September 6. A...