BBC - A US jet has shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by forces backing the Syrian government in the south of the country, American officials say. The drone was thought to be armed and threatening US-led coalition troops on the ground, officials said. But Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the action amounted to "complicity ...

The air raid on Syrias military base in the city of Dayr al-Zawr just hours before the Syrian army was supposed to launch a major operation to purge this city of terrorists has created many doubts. The bombardment was carried out by four American fighter jets, which as claimed by the Russian forces, did not pay any attention to warnings and continued ...

American fighter jets have unsuccessfully tried to stop Russian bombers from strikingUS-backed militants in Syria, a new report claims. The close encounter occurred on June 16in southern Syria near the border with Jordan, when at least two twin-engine Su-34 bombers allegedly attacked nearly 200 militants in what was described by the Pentagon ...

According toFars, Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters in his weekly press conference onTuesday that we have repeatedly announced that the issue of the trio islands is related to our countrys national sovereignty, and underlined that presindent Ahmadinejad was entitled to visit Abu Musa due to Irans national sovereignty ...