
Moscow is “disappointed” by the resumption of U.S. sanctions on Iran, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. In a statement posted on its official website, the ministry called the U.S. move “a shining example of violations of international law.” In particular, the sanctions violate UN Security Council Resolution 2231, it ...

Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, informed the Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Joseph Dunford, about measures taken by Moscow and Damascus to stabilize the situation in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “The Russian ...