(The Washington Post)- Russia’s completion this month of an integrated air defense system in Syria has made an Obama administration decision to strike Syrian government installations from the air even less likely than it has been for years, and has created a substantial obstacle to the Syrian...

The European Union on Monday condemned Russia's air campaign in Syria, saying it may be guilty of war crimes, and it vowed to impose more sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad's government. Calling for an immediate ceasefire in rebel-held east Aleppo, the European Union's 28 foreign...

Rioting inmates beheaded their rivals and bodies were burned in an explosion of violence in two Brazilian jails that left at least 18 people dead on Monday, authorities said. Prisoners also took women visitors hostage, a regional official told Brazilian television. It was the latest...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Bashar al-Assad appointed Major General Jaiz Swadet al-Hamoud al-Musa as governor of al-Hasakah province on Sunday. Al-Musa succeeds Mohamad Za’aal al-Ali as province governor raising many questions about why this extremely loyal and only recently retired officer was appointed...