A Russian soldier died after being hit by mortar fire in the central Hama province of war-torn Syria, the defense ministry said early Wednesday in a statement quoted by news agencies. Captain Nikolay Afanasov was killed by “sudden mortar fire on a Syrian government army camp”, the ministry said, indicating ...
The Syrian government delegation to the Geneva talks has started “real” talks with UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura on counterterrorism, the head of the Damascus delegation said Tuesday. The new round of Geneva talks comes just after Astana international meeting on Syria and a bilateral meeting between the US ...