Russia: Turkey's 'unacceptable' incursion into Syria must be temporary
President Vladimir Putin's envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev says 1998 pact between Syria and Turkey allows Turks to push up ...
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Putin's growing Middle East influence is on display
Moscow accrued power in the Middle East in 2015 by sending troops to Syria, where it and Iran have been key backers ...
Russia weighs Naama Issachar's release as mother visits her in jail
Russian President Vladimir Putin to be apprised of the appeal by PM Netanyahu to commute the sentence of Naama Issachar, ...
Russia-Israel tensions played role in Israeli woman's arrest for drug offense
Naama Issachar, 26, was sentenced on Friday to 7.5 years in a Russian prison after Moscow airport officials found cannabis ...
Turkish move into Syria gives Putin a chance to ramp up Middle East role
Analyst: Russia is probably the only player in the room among the grown-ups who can talk with everyone in the ...
Turkey set to redraw map of Syrian war once more
Now that the US is withdrawing, leaving northeast Syria open to a Turkish invasion, what can the country, the government, ...
Iran poised to free Russian journalist accused of spying for Israel
Move follows Russian Foreign Ministry's summoning of Iran's ambassador over detention of Yulia Yuzik. Moscow has close economic and political ...
Syria's future looms large over Russian-Israeli ties
Since becoming involved in the Syrian civil war in 2015, Moscow has set up a deconfliction channel with Jerusalem to ...
Report: Tehran, Moscow at odds over plans to build up military near Damascus
Tehran reportedly wants to set up headquarters and logistics warehouses near Syrian capital, but has run into resistance from Russia ...
Former rebel stronghold in Syria begins to rebuild
The town, which had a population of 65,000 when Syria's civil war erupted in 2011, now has only about 4,000 ...