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U.S. Actions Threaten Russia’s National Security

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday he had detected increasing U. S. hostility towards Moscow and...

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US Calls For Russia and Syria War Crimes Probe

Russia has been accused of targeting hospitals, which Mr Kerry said was Russia and the Syrian government should be...

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Syria Conflict: Aid Convoy Attack Was Air Strike

Analysis of satellite imagery taken after a deadly attack on an aid convoy in northern Syria last month shows that it...

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Russia Suspends Plutonium Deal With US

Russia has suspended an agreement with the US on the disposal of surplus weapons-grade plutonium, the latest sign of...

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Aleppo Bombing Shuts Largest Hospital

Russian and Syrian air raids on the rebel-held eastern half of the city of Aleppo have forced the closure of the...

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Aleppo Hospital ‘hit By Barrel Bombs’

An air raid on the rebel-held eastern half of the Syrian city of Aleppo has hit the area's largest hospital for the...

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Russia ‘driving Syria Rebels To Jihadists’

Russia's increasing military action in Syria is forcing moderate elements within the Syrian opposition into the hands...

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Obama ‘deeply Concerned’ About Aleppo

US President Barack Obama has expressed "deep concern" about the situation in rebel-held parts of Aleppo, amid an...

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UN Chief ‘appalled’ By Aleppo Escalation

UN chief Ban Ki-moon is "appalled by the chilling military escalation" in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, his...

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Syrian City Faces Assault As Talks Fail

The Syrian military has announced a new offensive in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, where a quarter of a million people are...

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UN Suspends All Aid After Attack

The UN has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after a devastating attack on its lorries near Aleppo on Monday. The...

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Hopes Fade For Truce As Violence Flares

A week-old truce in Syria brokered by the US and Russia appears close to unravelling, with alleged violations by...

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Syria Conflict: US Air Attack Endangers Truce

A US-led air attack in eastern Syria that killed dozens of government troops fighting so-called Islamic State has...

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‘US Strikes’ Kill Dozens of Syrian Troops

US-led coalition air strikes have killed at least 62 Syrian troops fighting so-called Islamic State in the east, the...

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Syrian Rebels ‘regrouping’ Under Ceasefire

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Syrian rebel groups are exploiting the current ceasefire to regroup. He said...

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‘Death Road’ Stands In the Way of Crucial Aid To Eastern Aleppo

As Syria's ceasefire largely holds, residents trapped in Aleppo eagerly await crucial aid supplies after months cut off...

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Cessation of Hostilities Comes Into Effect

A cessation of hostilities has come into effect in Syria, although it is unclear how widely it will be observed. If the...

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Turkey ‘has Duty’ To Defeat IS In Syria

Turkey has a duty to defeat the so-called Islamic State (IS) in neighbouring Syria; President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has...

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At Least 45 Killed In Syria After US-Russia Agreement

A day of intense airstrikes Saturday on and around the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 45 people, according to...