VLADIMIR PUTIN

The Syrian Democratic Forces fighters were killed in clashes with the Sunni militant group in Syria’s northeastern governorate of Al-Hasakah, a U.K-based monitor said.

As a ceasefire takes hold, citizens in Aleppo consider the toll — in deaths and lives forever altered — of five years of fighting.

The surprise move to withdraw could result in major financial and geopolitical benefits for Moscow, but it comes with risk, too.

Scenes of jubilation Tuesday greeted Russian pilots on their return from Syria in Russia when they arrived at their air bases.

The surprise move, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s withdrawal announcement on Monday, comes as Syrian peace talks enter their second day in Geneva.

President Vladimir Putin’s decision to withdraw his troops may finally let Syrians rebuild their homes and their lives.

State-owned TV and officials portrayed the troop withdrawal as a testament to an effective bombing campaign.

Both Russia and the U.S. have spent millions per day on operations in Syria. But Russia's economy has been less capable of supporting the expense.

Nearly 500,000 people have been killed, and more than half the population of 22 million has been displaced.

As the civil war in Syria, which has left more than 250,000 dead, reaches the five-year mark, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he had achieved his goals and was ready to remove his forces.

The president's comments on the Middle East rivals were part of a wide-ranging interview on foreign policy with the Atlantic magazine.

While the U.S. and EU hold steady with sanctions against Russia, a Ukrainian pilot's detention is fueling protests in both Kiev and Moscow.

Nadezhda Savchenko, the female Ukrainian pilot held in a Russian jail, has started to drink water on the personal request of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

Republican candidate Ted Cruz has embraced the endorsements of some Christian conservative leaders who have made anti-gay or anti-Semitic comments.

Private companies are developing an American-made rocket engine for use in 2019.

Protesters in Kiev on Sunday demanded the release of a hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot being held by Russian authorities.

The video by ISIS militants in the Northern Caucasus region of Russia reportedly threatened to attack Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Sigmar Gabriel, Germany's vice chancellor, also described U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump as a “right-wing populist.”

A NATO analyst claimed that Moscow is using the refugee crisis to make attempts to remove German Chancellor Angela Merkel from her position.

Slumping oil prices and Western sanctions make it likely that its crisis-hit economy will contract for a second consecutive year.

Gen. Philip Breedlove, the top U.S. commander in Europe, said terrorists are sneaking into Europe because of Russia, but experts disagree.