The United Nations Tuesday criticized Israel's closure of its only cargo crossing with the Gaza Strip, warning that the measure could have negative consequences. In a statement, U.N. Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov urged Israel to reverse its decision. Israel said it was...

The Kremlin said Tuesday that former British foreign minister Boris Johnson's contribution to U.K.-Russia relations was very modest and that Moscow was now waiting for Britain to have a political epiphany. The poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in the English city of...

Several thousand Syrians have fled parts of the country's south held by an affiliate of the Daesh (ISIS) group due to fears of a government attack, an activist group said Monday. The pockets in Deraa province's western countryside held by Daesh are not included in a ceasefire deal agreed...

Syrian regime air defences shot down missiles targeting the T4 air base in Homs province in an act of "aggression" Sunday night, state media said. The state media reports did not explain the origin and nature of the attack. Damascus, as well as its allies Iran and Russia, blamed...