MOSCOW: Russia is talking to Turkey about gaining access to the crash site of a Russian SU-25 jet downed near Idlib in northern Syria, Interfax news agency cited Vladimir Shamanov, head of the Russian parliament's defense committee, as saying Wednesday.

Air strikes killed 23 civilians including five children in a rural part of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "The death toll from air strikes that targeted Eastern Ghouta villages increased to 23 people, including...

Damascus-based activists early Wedensday reported heavy Israeli missile attack on suspected chemical facility in Jamraya north of the capital. Sources revealed that Iran is running Chlorine gas facility in Jemraya's research centre. the gas which has been used twice during the week by...

 Russian and Syrian government forces launched a new wave of airstrikes and shelling Tuesday, plunging the besieged area just outside of Syria's capital of Damascus into a spiral of violence and despair. At least 55 civilians were killed in what activists described as one of...