Syrian and Russian defence ministry officials have carried out a joint tour in southern Syria, where Israel has established a ...

Sharaa’s pilgrimage to Washington and the concurrent, temporary easing of US sanctions mark a dramatic inflection point in ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat on Thursday met with his Syrian counterpart during the first formal to Moscow by an official of the new government in Damascus since former Syrian President Bashar ...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif talked by phone on Friday and expressed concern over the involvement of Syrian and Libyan fighters in the ...

The Syrian government has not said whether it will allow the investigation. Aug. 23, 2013 — -- MOSCOW -- Russia is urging the Syrian government to allow U.N. inspectors to investigate claims of a ...

The notion of Syria giving up its chemical weapons, or at least putting them under foreign control, has long been on the table in the consultations between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government ...

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, suggested that Russia was a possible source of the chemical weapons used in Syria. (Update: A ...

MOSCOW – Syria's top diplomat met with Russian officials Thursday on the first visit to Moscow by a member of the new government in Damascus since former Syrian President Bashar Assad was ousted in a ...