The parents of the first Russian soldier to die in Syria are demanding a repeat autopsy, the Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported on Wednesday, a day after they said they doubted the military's account that their 19-year-old son had hanged himself. The body of Vadim Kostenko, the first Russian...

At least 14 people, including 4 children and a woman, were killed when Russian warplanes struck rebel-held villages in the southern countryside of Aleppo, activists said Tuesday. Syrian troops and fighters from Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah militia, backed by Russian airstrikes have waged major...

A Yemeni hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was hit by a Saudi-led air strike, the group said on Tuesday, another bombing of a civilian target in the seven-month air campaign in Yemen. "MSF facility in Saada Yemen was hit by several airstrikes last...

A Russian foreign ministry official said on Monday delegations from the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) had visited Moscow several times, Russian news agencies reported, as Moscow stepped up political efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria. The Kremlin also said President Vladimir Putin,...