Russia's air defence systems have intercepted an unknown drone attack on Hmeimim air base in the coastal province of Latakia, activists and Russian media said Saturday. The Russian army has downed more than 60 drones deployed by rebels in northern Idlib province and Latakia mountains...

The UN Security Council is due to vote again Saturday on an extension of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria after Russia and China vetoed a previous measure to the chagrin of Western member states. Authorization for the transport of aid to war-torn Syria, a system in place since 2014,...

Russia's forest service said there were nearly 300 wildfires blazing across the vast country's northern wilderness on Saturday, as it attempted to contain them with methods including explosives and cloud seeding. Freakishly warm weather across large swathes of Siberia since January,...

The Algerian foreign minister has expressed his country's keenness on resolving the Libyan crisis through dialogue and maintaining the integrity of the country's territory. This came in an interview conducted by Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum with Anadolu Agency on the sidelines of a...