Russia says tensions with Iran have made the prospect of “large-scale” conflict real, calling on world countries to support a Russian security doctrine of zero extra-regional military presence in the Middle East to prevent such a scenario. Speaking at a BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, ...
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that it planned to start using the Russian S-400 missile defence system — a bone of contention with the United States — in April 2020. “In the coming spring, God willing in April 2020, we will be able to start using this system,” ...