Russia has enlisted more than 40,000 Syrian militiamen thus far in Syria, according to reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), which has been using a dense network of local sources on the ground for years. SOHR said Russian military representatives haven't yet...

When Afraa Hashem thinks back about living through the siege of Aleppo, she remembers how inventive everyone was. In late 2016, Syrian government forces had sealed off Aleppo's rebel-held eastern half, with 270,000 people inside, and for months they and Russian warplanes blasted it to...

DUBAI, March 14 (Reuters) - The United States needs to make a decision to wrap up a deal to salvage Iran's 2015 nuclear accord with world powers, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday amid fears that talks in Vienna might collapse. Efforts to clinch a new deal were left in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and China are sending top aides to meet in Rome on Monday amid mounting tensions between the two countries over the Russia-Ukraine war and as a U.S. official reports that Russia in recent days has asked China for military equipment to help press its campaign. In...