Russia's Air Force made over 20 flights in Syria in the past 24 hours and targeted nine Islamic State objects, Russian news agencies cited a Defense Ministry official as saying on Saturday. The Defense Ministry official, Igor Konashenkov, said Su-34 and Su-24M aircraft took part in...

Only one in 20 Russian air strikes in Syria are aimed at Islamic State targets, Britain's defense secretary said on Saturday, warning that Vladimir Putin was instead killing civilians to shore up President Bashar al-Assad. Russia bombed Syria for a third straight day on Friday,...

A Syrian Christian family targeted by a September bomb attack in Damascus flew into Paris on Friday to start a new life, roughly a year after they requested entry visas from the French authorities. Amid cackles of joy and relief, 15 family members embraced each other and the...

President Barack Obama on Friday vehemently rejected Russia's military actions in Syria as self-defeating and dismissed the idea that Moscow was strengthening its hand in the region. He vowed not to let the conflict become a U.S.-Russia "proxy war." At a White House news conference,...