She was once fawned over for her good looks and sharp mind, but is now seen as an accomplice to her husband’s cruelty. Claudia Cockerell on the fall of Syria’s first lady ...

MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. Russia has expressed readiness to supply gas to the EU, Moscow is open to negotiations with Trump on the Ukraine conflict, and the Syrian opposition recently engaged in ...

Putin open to peace talks in Slovakia as reports claim North Korean soldier captured - Four Russians accused of helping ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there was no time left this year to sign a new Ukrainian gas transit deal, and laid ...

Russia’s abandonment of the Assad regime to marshal more resources for the fight against Ukraine vividly illustrates that ...

Switzerland is ready to host talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the Swiss Foreign Ministry’s spokesman confirmed to Izvestia. However, Moscow will hardly agree to that because Switzerland ...

Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the ...

It took Assad’s regime to fall and Putin to accept it meekly for the West to appreciate that things weren’t all that rosy in ...

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has led to the freeing of tens of thousands of prisoners from the country’s brutal and ...

The sudden collapse of the long-established Assad family dictatorship in Syria changes the balance and constellation of ...

Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.