Bashar al-Assad said the success of a military campaign by Russia, Syria and its allies was vital to save the Middle East from destruction, a day after Moscow said it would step up air strikes against Islamic State targets across Syria. A year-long air campaign by Western and...

Moscow's bombing campaign in Syria is "unacceptable", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, warning that Russia was making a "grave mistake." "The steps Russia is taking and the bombing campaign in Syria is unacceptable in any way... Unfortunately, Russia is making a grave...

Airstrikes by Russian jets hit targets around the town of Talbiseh in western Syria Sunday, residents and an activist group in Syria said, a day after Russia promised to step up its air campaign. Ambulances rushed wounded people to hospital in Talbiseh, north of the city of Homs, and one...

Atl east 36 civilians on Wednesday have been Killed in first-time Russian air strikes on rebel-held towns of the northern countryside of Homs city, activists and a monitoring group said. Activists reported death of 17 people, including children and women, in Talbiseh town, 11 people,...