Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday that elements of NATO's anti-missile system deployed in Poland, Romania and Alaska were like an "umbrella with holes in it", Russian news agencies reported. "It turns out that the anti-missile umbrella has holes in it," Interfax cited...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has been recruiting Syrian children in its paramilitary groups in Syria, exclusive photos obtained by Zaman al-Wasl show. Most of the mercenaries have been deployed in eastern Deir Ezzor province where tens of indigenous people have joined the Russian...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia and Syria clashed with the U.S. and its Western allies Wednesday over responsibility for the failure of a cease-fire to take hold in Syria as the U.N. said humanitarian convoys are ready to head to 10 locations including besieged Eastern Ghouta near the capital...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels killed 15 troops on Wednesday and wounded 20 more as regime forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, seeking to gain territory despite a Russian plan for five-hour daily ceasefires, a war monitor and sources on both...