Islamic State militants have destroyed a nearly 2,000-year-old arch in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syrian activists said.
The Arch of Triumph is the latest...
Pentagon officials have urged the Russian military to focus its airstrikes in Syria on Islamic State (IS) fighters rather than opponents of Syrian President...
minister has defended his country's airstrikes in Syria.
Sergey Lavrov says he and the US-led coalition "see eye-to-eye" on the fight against terrorism.
Concerns have been...
Russia’s airstrikes in Syria are targeting other terrorist groups as well as Islamic State militants, according to a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia...
Western governments have expressed concern that Russian airstrikes in support of the beleaguered regime of Bashar Assad are targeting moderate Syrian opposition groups.
President Vladimir...
Paris prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into French government accusations that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government has committed crimes against humanity.
France is trying...
The upper chamber of the Russian parliament has voted unanimously to let President Vladimir Putin send Russian troops to Syria.
The Federation Council discussed Mr...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the creation of a broad anti-terror coalition that would include the Syrian government troops.
Addressing the UN General Assembly,...
The UN secretary-general has called for the situation in Syria to be referred to the International Criminal Court.
World leaders including President Barack Obama and...