President Vladimir Putin has ordered a 10-hour truce on Friday in the war-ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo, the Russian defense ministry said. “A decision was made to introduce a ‘humanitarian pause’ in Aleppo on November 4 from 9:00 am (0600 GMT) to 19:00,” the chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery ...
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday that the West has failed to contain the extremist militants it supports in Syria and has caused an “indefinite delay” in peace talks for the Arab country. “As a result, the prospects for the start of a negotiation process and the return to ...