France is urging Russia to join a push for a political solution in Syria after joint U.S., French and British attacks on Syrian chemical weapons sites. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in an interview published Sunday in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper that "we...

The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said Sunday that the legal basis used to support British air strikes in Syria was debatable, adding that he would only support action backed by the United Nations Security Council. "I say to the foreign secretary, I say to the...

    Bashar Assad told a group of Russian lawmakers Sunday that Western missile strikes on his country were an act of aggression, Russian news agencies reported. Russian lawmakers met with Assad after the United States, France and Britain launched missile strikes on Syria in...

Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has said the struggle between the U.S. and Russia in Syria "must go beyond proxy wars and geopolitical muscling". Writing for the Istanbul-based Daily Sabah, Kalin said: "It must focus on establishing a legitimate, democratic and inclusive political...