Russia has been trying to recruit Syrians to fight in Ukraine to bolster Moscow’s flagging invasion, according to the Pentagon. A senior US defence official said it was unclear how many Syrians Vladimir Putin is seeking to recruit, but said “we find it noteworthy that he believes he...

WASHINGTON — Top officials in the U.S. Congress reached agreement Monday on legislation that would ban Russian oil imports to the U.S. and end Russia’s permanent normal trade relation status in response to the intensifying war in Ukraine. That’s according to a Senate aide granted...

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deepened Monday as Russian forces intensified their shelling and food, water, heat and medicine grew increasingly scarce, in what the country condemned as a medieval-style siege by Moscow to batter it into submission. A third round of...

Five Syrian forces and allied militias were killed in Islamic State's landmines in the Syrian desert, amid a hike in the radical group's attack in the past 72 hours. Informed sources confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl that 3 pro-Iran militants were killed at Monday dawn, and two others were wounded,...