Russia’s military said Syrian armed forces supported by the Russian Air Force have regained control of 87.4 percent of the country. Russian warplanes had destroyed over 96,000 terrorist targets in the course of the two-year campaign, Russian Ministry of Defense’s official publication, the Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) newspaper reported late ...
Russia on Thursday clashed with the European Union over Syria, accusing the bloc of politicizing aid by linking reconstruction funds to a political transition that would end the war. The European Union in April secured pledges of $6 billion in aid for Syria, now in its seventh year of war. ...
