Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to an agreement with Moscow to buy Russian S-400 missile defense systems, saying Ankara will not step back from the deal despite US threats of “devastating” consequences. “There is a certain step that we took, there is an agreement here ...
Syrian government forces, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, have managed to establish control over several villages in the country’s western-central province of Hama following intense clashes with members of the Al-Nusra Takfiri terrorist group. Al-Manar television network reported Syrian forces had secured the villages of al-Humayrat, al-Hardana, ...