Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak has said a Cossack who horsewhipped members of Pussy Riot at a protest in Sochi has been held accountable for the attack. The Cossacks have been used since last year as an auxiliary police force to patrol the streets in the Krasnodar...
The UN Security Council has adopted a unanimous but non-binding resolution, calling for humanitarian aid convoys to be allowed access across war-torn Syria, but diplomats immediately voiced doubt about its effectiveness. Syria's staunch ally Russia, with support from China, has...
Syria's opposition Interim Prime Minister may keep military chief of the rebel Free Syrian Army in his position in step to avoid more fractions, according to Zaman Alwasl’s well-informed source. Mr. Ahmed Tomeh is reconsidering the dismissal decision of General Salim...
Fierce clashes raged Friday between Syrian troops and rebels in northeastern Damascus as government warplanes raided insurgent strongholds, a monitoring group said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least seven rebels were killed in regime shelling and air...
