MOSCOW: Russia Wednesday scrambled to contain a growing scandal over suitcases of cocaine found in its embassy school in Buenos Aires, condemning what it called a smear campaign as the media questioned the official account. Argentine police said last week they had seized nearly 400...

Syrian government forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta enclave Wednesday, seeking to gain territory despite a Russian plan for five-hour daily ceasefires, a war monitor and sources on both sides said. Hundreds of people have died in 11 days of...

Iran has built another permanent military base outside Syria’s capital city complete with hangers used to store missiles capable of hitting all of Israel, according to Western intelligence sources.  Exclusive satellite images from ImageSat International obtained by Fox News show...

North Korea sent items used in ballistic missile and chemical weapons programs to Syria along with missile technicians in violation of U.N. sanctions - and banned ballistic missiles systems to Myanmar, U.N. experts said. The panel of experts monitoring sanctions against North Korea said...

GENEVA (Reuters)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that "militants entrenched" in Syria's besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta are blocking aid and the evacuation of people who want to leave, despite Moscow's announcement of a humanitarian corridor. Addressing the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  “Save the Woman, Save the Human”, a solidarity campaign will be launched in the coming days to raise the voice of Syrian women detainees held in regime prisons. The campaign, organized by several people interested in the issue of detained Syrian women, is scheduled to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria TV to launch its broadcasting on March 03 at 6 pm Damascus time, such a good news may reflect the hopes of Syrians at home and in the diaspora and their aspirations for “a united Syria, a democratic state based on equal citizenship which guarantees the freedoms and...

Women in Syria have been sexually exploited by men delivering aid on behalf of the UN and international charities, the BBC has learned. Aid workers said the men would trade food and lifts for sexual favours. Despite warnings about the abuse three years ago, a new report shows it is...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime army ordered hundreds of teachers in northeastern Syria to join its ranks within a month, sources told Zaman al-Wasl on Tuesday. One of the teachers, who refused to mention his name, said about 700 teachers will be sacked from the Education...

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Russia is playing a destabilizing role in Syria and acting as "both arsonist and firefighter" in the country, the head of U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. "Diplomatically and militarily, Moscow plays both arsonist and firefighter, fueling tensions among all...

GENEVA: The International Committee of the Red Cross is ready to access Syria's besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta to deliver life-saving aid, but the proposed five-hour pause is too short, a senior ICRC official said in a statement Tuesday. Without mentioning Russia, the author of the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Photos circulated on social media showed Iranian cleric teaching the martial arts and Shiite doctrine to Syrian children in al-Mashhad neighborhood in northern Aleppo city.  The photos, which posted by the Iranian Militia Violations ’ Facebook page, were...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Kremlin said Tuesday that the operation of an evacuation route that Russia helped open from besieged eastern Ghouta suburbs would depend on rebel forces whom it accused of holding civilians there hostage and of sabotaging the escape route. Russia, which backs...

The Kremlin said Tuesday that the operation of an evacuation route that Russia helped open from Syria's eastern Ghouta would depend on rebel forces whom it accused of holding civilians there hostage and of sabotaging the escape route. Russia, which backs the Syrian government, ordered a...

A fledgling "humanitarian pause" announced by Russia in Syria's rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta was rattled Tuesday by fresh air strikes and rocket fire, several sources said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported air raids, including the dropping of two...

IT’s a next generation combat jet of many names. It was the PAK FA. It was the T-50. Now it’s the Su-57. It’s Russia’s answer to the United States’ cutting-edge F-22 “Raptor” stealth fighter. Now, more than 15 years after the F-22 entered service, Russia is on the brink...

A five-hour humanitarian pause called by Russia came into effect in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday. The bombardment of Eastern Ghouta over the past week has been one of the heaviest of Syria’s seven-year war, killing at least 540 people in Eight days, according to a...

The Pentagon on Tuesday said it would support the UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution for a 30-day humanitarian cease-fire in Syria but continue operations against the Daesh terror group. "[The Department of Defense] is going to support Department of States’ efforts to facilitate the...

  (Eqtsad)- “Oh good people, we are Syrians, we have no money to buy food to eat, we live on the street, we are a big family, and we have children with us, our homes have been destroyed and we have been displaced,” says a woman in her seventies dressed in rural style clothes on Metro No 13...

Russia has sent its most advanced fighter jet to Syria, a US military official tells CNN. It's a deployment that could potentially increase the level of danger to US forces operating inside the country. The Su-57 is Moscow's most sophisticated military jet and comes equipped with...