Russia's defense ministry says one of its fighter jets has intercepted an American strategic bomber that was flying near the border of Russian airspace. The defense ministry said in a statement the Su-27 was dispatched to the area over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday morning after Russian...

Russia is closing in on a deal with Turkey to supply its latest S-400 air-defense system to Ankara, Moscow said Saturday, in the latest sign of restored ties. "Moscow and Ankara have almost finished discussing the technical side of the contract for S-400," Russian state giant Rostec said in...

The U.S. military said on Thursday it had bolstered its "combat power" in southern Syria, warning that it viewed Iran-backed fighters in the area as a threat to nearby coalition troops fighting Islamic State. The remarks by a Baghdad-based spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition battling...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)-  At least 25 regime troops and allied Shiite militants were killed on Wednesday in fierce clashes with Western-backed rebels in a region of Syria's southeastern desert, known as al-Badia, opposition media outlets said.    Jaish Osoud al-Sharqiya, one...