Syrian government and foreign-backed armed opposition will cease fire in northern parts of Homs province on Thursday after Russia struck a deal with the opposition on implementing a safe zone, Moscow said. “From 1200 local time (0900 GMT), units of the moderate opposition and government forces will completely stop firing,” ...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lashed new US sanctions as a “full-fledged economic war” on Moscow, saying they crushed hopes for repairing ties and demonstrated President Donald Trump’s “total weakness … in the most humiliating way.” Trump reluctantly signed off on the new sanctions Wednesday, bowing to domestic pressure after ...
