At least 27 civilians have been killed and dozens wounded in a powerful car bomb that has rocked Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib.
The West has started treating the possible participation of Iran in the Geneva II international conference on Syria more realistically, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected the unfounded allegation that Iran is pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program, stressing that there is no evidence backing up the claim.
Russia and the US have agreed to hold Syria peace talks known as Geneva-2 in mid-November, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad deserves credit for quickly starting the process of destroying the country’s chemical weapons stockpile, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said that world powers are ‘on the right track’ with a plan to place Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles under international supervision.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed doubts that the West will be successful in getting the Syrian opposition to take part in Geneva-2 peace conference.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday accused western nations of blaming Syria's President Bashar al-Assad of staging chemical weapons attacks without proof.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says US-led sanctions against Iran must be removed if improvements are made in resolving West’s standoff over Tehran’s nuclear energy program.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the United States of blackmailing Russia to support a tough UN resolution against Syria, and said the West is blinded by the idea of regime change in the war-torn country.
A former Russian diplomat says Moscow and Washington differ over how to end the political standoff in Syria.
Russia has called for an “immediate return” of UN inspectors to Syria for additional investigations into alleged use of chemical weapons.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Western governments of “rewriting” the Geneva agreement on Syrian chemical disarmament after they called for a speedy UN resolution which would permit military action if the Assad government broke its word.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and his Iraqi counterpart Osama al-Nujaifi have expressed optimism about emerging 'sign of rational decision making' in dealing with Syria’s chemical weapons.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed an agreement between Russia and the United Sates to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons.
Top diplomats of Russia and the United States have announced a deal on a framework for the destruction or removal of Syria’s chemical weapons by mid 2014 on the third day of their talks on the issue.
Syria has become a full member of the global anti-chemical weapons treaty as part of a Russian plan to avoid a US strike.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said there is a still a chance for peace in Syria and the world must not let it pass.
UN Security Council envoys from Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States have held talks on the Syrian chemical weapons crisis, but no agreement was reached.
France and Germany have expressed hope that a Russian proposal over Syria handover of its chemical weapons arsenal to the United Nations would come to reality soon.