VLADIMIR PUTIN CONFIRMS RUSSIAN MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR

Last week Syrian state television released images showing an advanced Russian-built armoured personnel carrier, the BTR-82a, in combat... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'IS BUILDING MILITARY BASE IN SYRIA'

Syria is already home to Russia's only base outside the former Soviet Union a naval station in Tartus... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: RUSSIAN TROOPS JOIN COMBAT IN SYRIA - SOURCES

Damascus denied Russians were involved in combat, but a Syrian official said the presence of experts had increased in the past year... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN MOVES IN SYRIA POSE CONCERNS FOR UNITED STATES

Stepped-up Russian military support for the Syrian government could pose a problem for the United States in several ways... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'

An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›

THREE SPANISH JOURNALISTS MISSING IN SYRIA, FEARED KIDNAPPED BY ISLAMIC STATE

Antonio Pampliega, JosA C Manuel LA?pez and A?ngel Sastre were last heard from on 12 July in Aleppo, says Spanish Federation of Journalists... READ MORE›

RUSSIA TO U.S.: TALK TO US ON SYRIA OR RISK 'UNINTENDED INCIDENTS'

Russia to U.S. talk to us on Syria or risk 'unintended incidents'... READ MORE›

MISSING BRADFORD SISTER 'MAY ALREADY BE IN SYRIA'

One of three Bradford sisters missing with their nine children may already be in Syria police believe... READ MORE›

US CONFIRMS IT WILL PLACE 250 TANKS IN EASTERN EUROPE TO COUNTER RUSSIAN THREAT

Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland will host equipment, says Ash Carter, the US defence secretary... READ MORE›

DEFYING OBAMALAWMAKERS PRESS TOARM UKRAINE

While the United States has been providing nonlethal assistance, and American military instructors have begun training Ukrainian troops in western Ukraine, President Petro O... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SAYS WILL RETALIATE IF U.S. WEAPONS STATIONED ON ITS BORDERS

MOSCOW WARSAW A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia's border would be the most aggressive U.S... READ MORE›

RUSSIA CONFIRMS IT HAS MILITARY ADVISERS IN SYRIA

Russian military specialists help Syrians master Russian hardware and we can't understand the anti-Russian hysteria about this said Maria V... READ MORE›

RUSSIA ANSWERS US CRITICISM OVER MILITARY AID TO SYRIA

Lavrov, to warn against expanding Russian military aid to Syria... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS

We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›

RUSSIA VETOES UN RESOLUTION CALLING SREBRENICA MASSACRE CRIME OF GENOCIDE

Britain, Russia and the United States had sought to come to a consensus on the text in recent days... READ MORE›

QAEDA LEADER IN SYRIA IS KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE US SAYS

Officials fear that the Khorasan militants could provide these sophisticated explosives to their Western recruits, who could sneak them onto United States-bound flights... READ MORE›

WHY RUSSIA IS IN SYRIA

Russian President Vladimir Putin right and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin on Dec... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: RUSSIAN TROOPS JOIN COMBAT IN SYRIA - SOURCES

Damascus denied Russians were involved in combat, but a Syrian official said the presence of experts had increased in the past year... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: RUSSIA PLANS FUEL SHIPMENTS TO SYRIA FROM CRIMEA

MOSCOW Russia plans to supply Syria with 200 000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas LPG per year via the Crimean port of Kerch two trading sources told Reuters... READ MORE›

PUTIN BREAKS SILENCE WITH CALL TO OBAMA TOUCHING ON UKRAINE AND ISIS

Moscow supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and Mr... READ MORE›

ISIS LAUNCHES RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE PROPAGANDA CHANNEL

That Russian-speaking militants in Syria are disseminating propaganda is nothing new... READ MORE›

RUSSIANS FILMED FIGHTING ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT ASSAD'S FORCES

Russians have been filmed fighting Syrian rebels alongside President Bashar Assads forces, a state-run Damascus television station has reported... READ MORE›

PENTAGON CHIEF TO PUSH U.S. ALLIES TO DITCH 'COLD WAR PLAYBOOK'

Relations between Moscow and the West have plunged to a post-Cold War low since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region... READ MORE›

EU AGREES TO EXTEND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA

Decisions on sanctions require unanimity so Russia needed to win over only one European Union country to block an extension... READ MORE›

U.S. VOICES CONCERN TO RUSSIA OVER LATEST MILITARY MOVES IN SYRIA

The State Department pointed to media accounts suggesting an imminent enhanced Russian military build-up in Syria... READ MORE›

RUSSIA RAISES STAKES ON SYRIA AHEAD OF U.N. MEETING IN NEW YORK

Ivan Konovalov, a defense expert in Moscow, said problems with securing air routes for the Russian flights to Syria may be driving the increased navy activity... READ MORE›

RUSSIA CALLS ON WORLD POWERS TO ARM SYRIAN MILITARY

Sergei Lavrov Russia's foreign minister has called on world powers to help arm the Syrian army saying it was the most efficient force against Islamic State... READ MORE›

NATO SAYS WON'T BE DRAGGED INTO ARMS RACE WITH RUSSIA

The United States said on Monday it would contribute special operations forces, intelligence and other high-end military assets to the new spearhead force... READ MORE›

It was not clear whether the Arab commitment to take all necessary action against Islamic State and other militant groups would include direct military involvement in Iraq or Syria... READ MORE›

RUSSIA, CHINA POSING MILITARY THREAT; WAR WITH MAJOR POWER PROBABLE

WASHINGTON America's new military strategy singles out states like China and Russia as aggressive and threatening to U.S... READ MORE›