A second tanker under U.S. sanctions is moored near the Syrian port of Banias and may deliver a diesel cargo from Russia, data shows, as Moscow and Damascus strengthen ties.

Meanwhile, Lebanese MP explains Hezbollah’s leadership change, citizens praise flogged singer, and experts suggest Tehran ...

Turkey has emerged as a key potential partner in restructuring European security, diplomats and analysts say, as Europe ...

Ukraine has agreed to a ceasefire in principle. But conflicts often intensify when a pause in fighting is being negotiated.

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

The ball on a ceasefire deal is now in Russia's court, Ukrainian, U.S. and European officials said on Tuesday.

The Turkish president has expanded the country’s military and diplomatic footprint from Africa to the Middle East in a way ...

Vladimir Putin has suggested he may treat captured Ukrainian prisoners as 'terrorists' in a move which would likely breach ...

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is welcoming her counterparts from some of the world’s most powerful countries ...

Kremlin says Russia is waiting for a briefing from US on the proposal that calls for a halt to all the fighting.

By Ivor Bennett, Moscow correspondent The Kremlin's reaction to the 30-day ceasefire proposal is typically non-committal. As ever, Dmitry Peskov kept his cards close to his chest, saying only that ...