ISIS BLOWS UP TEMPLE AT SYRIAS PALMYRA RUINS

The entire ancient city of Palmyra is a Unesco World Heritage site... READ MORE›

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›

THE MAP SHOWING THE MOST DANGEROUS EUROPEAN TOURIST DESTINATIONS

Also deemed on a high threat are Lebanon Egypt Australia Thailand and Tunisia... 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›

IN SIGN OF U.S. ALARM, WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW BEGIN TALKS OVER SYRIA CONFLICT

Carter and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu caps weeks of concern about Moscow's moves to make its military support to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad more effective... READ MORE›

CANADIAN JOURNALIST FLORENCE HARPER COVERED THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, BUT ALMOST NO ONE KNOWS HER STORY

Florence MacLeod Harper was one of the few Western women to cover the Russian Revolution of 1917, but almost no one knows this Canadian's story... 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›

ISRAELI COURT TO RULE ON HUNGER STRIKERS RELEASE

In Israel, at least eight Palestinians have been released in recent years after lengthy hunger strikes, Addameer said... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE SHOWS IMAGES OF ANCIENT SYRIAN TEMPLE DESTRUCTION

Islamic State has proclaimed a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from territory it holds in both Syria and Iraq... 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›

RUSSIA BEGINS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SYRIA AS PUTIN SENDS 28 JETS

All Russian policy in Syria is very clearly directed at overcoming international isolation because of Ukraine, he said... READ MORE›

LACK OF FUNDS: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DROPS AID TO ONE-THIRD OF SYRIAN REFUGEES

Jordan hosts about 630,000 Syrian refugees, including more than half a million in communities and the rest in camps... 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›

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›

ISRAEL LAUNCHES 2ND ROUND OF AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA

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RUSSIA PREPARING AIR STRIKES ON ISIL IF US DOES NOT BACK DEAL TO KEEP ASSAD

Mr Putin is a staunch ally of Mr Assad and has supplied him with weapons and military advice throughout the four-year civil war... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN ORDERS CREATION OF NEW RESERVIST FORCE

There are roughly 750,000 troops in the regular Russian armed forces... 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›

Ex-Israeli intelligence unit refuse 'to harm innocent Palestinians'... 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›

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›