TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, warned the US against taking one-sided action in Syria, but also said that Russia "doesn't exclude" the possibility of supporting a UN resolution authorizing military strikes. He says that such an endorsement would require "convincing" evidence that President Bashar al-Assad's government ...

Russia and Iran have dug in their heels to prevent a conflict in Syria confronting a surge in activity in the United States, which signalled its readiness to rapidly expand the scale of military strikes against Damascus by ordering an aircraft carrier strike force to move in the direction of the Red Sea. Flanked by four destroyers and a cruiser, ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Main Intelligence Directorate, or the GRU in Russian (for Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye) reported that President Putins orders this week to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for a massive military strike against Saudi Arabia in the event that the West attacks Syria has stunned the Saudis forcing them to go on full ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned the United States against the extremely dangerous consequences of military action against Syria. Lavrov made the remarks during a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday. Sergei Lavrov drew attention to the extremely dangerous consequences of a possible new military ...