Russia on Sunday has appointed Major General Milad Jadid as a Fifth Corps commander which was formed by Russia in November 2016, sources said. Maj. Gen Milad Jadid has replaced Maj Gen Zaid Saleh. Jadid is considered a commander of the "Special Forces", appointed in...

 Russia scored a victory for its ally Syria Saturday by forcing the Security Council to limit humanitarian aid deliveries to the country’s mainly rebel-held northwest to just one crossing point from Turkey, a move that Western nations say will cut a lifeline for 1.3 million people....

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,...

After surviving months of bombardment, Nasr Sultan now fears his 10 children may starve or catch coronavirus as a divided UN holds up a renewal of cross-border humanitarian aid to rebel-held northwest Syria. A UN Security Council resolution authorising aid deliveries through the Turkish...