- 22:37 05/09/2013
The first day of the G20 summit, traditionally a platform for economic debate, was dominated Thursday by the Syrian crisis, with Russian President and summit host Vladimir Putin proposing that world leaders discuss over dinner the United States’ call for a military strike against the Syrian regime.
- 22:26 05/09/2013
British Prime Minister David Cameron says British scientists have found new evidence that poison gas was used last month in a suburb outside the Syrian capital of Damascus.1
- 23:16 04/09/2013
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday condemned, as a “barbaric act,” the shelling earlier that day of the country’s embassy in Damascus.7
- 11:26 04/09/2013
Russia does not rule out agreeing to a military operation in Syria, provided Damascus' responsibility for using chemical weapons is proved - but only with United Nations approval, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast Wednesday.3
- 14:46 03/09/2013
Two “ballistic targets” detected Tuesday in the Mediterranean by the Russian military were launched by the Israeli military as part of a joint US-Israeli test of its missile defense system, an official in Tel Aviv said.2
- 14:01 03/09/2013
NATO has no information about the launch of "ballistic targets" in the Mediterranean and is looking into those reports, an official from the alliance told RIA Novosti Tuesday.
- 13:52 03/09/2013
The launch of two "ballistic targets" has been detected in the Mediterranean, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday citing its ballistic missile early warning system.5
- 09:34 03/09/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 23:49 02/09/2013
Syrian President Bashar Assad has dismissed claims that his regime used chemical weapons against civilians.
- 17:32 02/09/2013
Nearly two dozen Russians picketed outside the US Consulate in St. Petersburg on Monday to show outrage at Washington’s interference in the Syrian crisis.1
- 15:52 02/09/2013
International aid to Syrians uprooted by civil war is a "drop in the sea" of what is needed, a top UN official said Monday, estimating that five million Syrians have been displaced inside the country.
- 19:27 01/09/2013
The head of Russia’s parliamentary committee on international affairs said Sunday that US President Barack Obama would use the upcoming gathering of the Group of 20 major economies in St. Petersburg to declare justification for a US attack on Syria.1
- 17:35 01/09/2013
The first-ever female spokesperson for the Islamic republic’s foreign ministry proclaimed in her inauguration speech on Sunday that Iran was opposed to any military intervention by a Western nation in the Syrian civil war.
- 22:46 31/08/2013
US President Barack Obama on Saturday said that while he is prepared to launch a military strike against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, he will first seek authorization to use military force from the US Congress.1
- 22:14 31/08/2013
US President Barack Obama said Saturday that Washington is ready to take military action against Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria but added that he will seek US Congress’ authorization.1
- 18:17 31/08/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the US on Saturday saying that Washington’s allegations about the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons against civilians were "unimaginable nonsense.”5
- 09:14 31/08/2013
Russia is postponing supplies of fighter jets and S-300 missile defense systems to Syria because official Damascus failed to pay for them, Kommersant newspaper said Saturday.4
- 19:18 30/08/2013
This is an August 28 report from a Damascus suburb where the Syrian state army is battling rebel forces. The two-year civil war entered a pivotal phase last week when Western media reported that state forces allegedly performed a gas attack in the capital, killing hundreds of people. The government quickly denied the allegations and said it had evidence of rebel groups using chemical weapons.
- 16:45 30/08/2013
Russian Navy assault ships are ready, if necessary, to rapidly evacuate Russian citizens from Syria, a senior navy official said Friday.
