The claim by Gen Mustafa al-Sheikh, head of the FSA’s military council, could not be independently confirmed, but it suggested that the Syrian army was responding to a Turkish military build-up on the border....
Russian President Vladimir Putin is beginning his first Middle East tour in seven years with a trip to Israel. Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the continuing crisis in Syria are expected to top the agenda...
Russia has declared a state of emergency in several eastern regions due to hundreds of wildfires. NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of fires and smoke in north central Russia on June 15, 2012,...
A Russian ship believed to be carrying helicopters and missiles for Syria has been effectively stopped in its tracks off the coast of Scotland after its insurance was cancelled at the behest of the...
(multimedia) Russia is sending armed troops to Syria amid escalating violence there, United States military officials told NBC News Friday, in a move certain to frustrate Western efforts to put pressure on the regime of...
(Reuters) – Venezuela is building unmanned drone aircraft as part of military cooperation with Iran and other allies, President Hugo Chavez said, in a move likely to heighten U.S. anxiety over his socialist government’s role in...
(Reuters) – Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday defended his country’s sale of arms to Syria and accused the United States of supplying rebels with weapons to fight against the government. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
The Obama administration said Tuesday that Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime and is warning about a dramatic escalation in the Arab country’s 15-month conflict. Secretary of State Hillary...
Thousands of Russian anti-government protesters are taking part in a major rally in Moscow to demand fresh elections and a new president. The protest, on a national holiday, comes a day after police raided...
Iran and six world powers are meeting in Baghdad hoping to silence what President Barack Obama called the “drums of war”, as Britain said that it was examining its options should war break out...
