Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said any threat from the United States to strike the Syrian capital, Damascus, is “unacceptable.” Lavrov made the remarks in the Kazakh capital of Astana on Friday, where he and his Iranian and Turkish counterparts, Mohammad Javad Zarif and Mevlut Cavusoglu, have gathered to address ...
The UN Security Council warned Thursday that conditions in war-torn Yemen are worsening and having a “devastating” impact on civilians, with 22.2 million now in need of humanitarian assistance. The council cited attacks on densely populated areas, with large numbers of civilian casualties and damage to civilian structures. “The Security ...