A ballistic missile defense shield which the United States has activated in Europe is a step to a new arms race, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, vowing to adjust budget spending to neutralize "emerging threats" to Russia. The United States switched on the $800 million missile...

Russia on Thursday buried its eighth serviceman officially acknowledged to have been killed in its military campaign in Syria, suggesting as many have died in combat since the Kremlin announced a partial pullout as before the March announcement. Moscow has continued sending military hardware...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two rebel factions said they have killed at least 75 militants from the pro-regime Palestinian al-Quds Brigade north of Aleppo province this week. Noor al-Din al-Zinki Movement, in statement posted online, said it had killed at least 30 Quds militia militants early Thursday...

Syrian regime forces battled rebels north of Aleppo on Thursday as a ceasefire expired in the city itself, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and rebel sources said. The fighting was focused around the rebel-held Handarat area which is important because it is near the last route into...