The waters near the Crimean Peninsula were the site of a tense standoff between Russian and Ukrainian ships that involved a chase, some gunfire, and fighter jets, followed by strong statements from Moscow and Kiev. At around 7am Moscow time (4am GMT) on Sunday, two artillery boats and a tugboat ...
More than a dozen civilians have lost their lives and sustained injuries when the so-called US-led coalition purportedly fighting the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group carried out a number of aerial attacks in Syria’s troubled eastern province of Deir Ezzor. Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Syria’s official news ...