Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday stated unequivocally there would be no UN Security Council mandate for outside interventionin Syria, making clear Moscow would use its veto to block any military action. "There will not be a Security Council mandate for...

Russia would accept a Yemen-style power transition in Syria if it has support from the Syrian people, Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Thursday, in an attempt to distance Moscow from President Bashar al-Assad. Washington has been pressuring a reluctant Moscow...

European Union officials are set to put more pressure on a reluctant Russia to push Syria's government to end the violence in that country, even as the West and its Gulf Arab allies continue to aid the rebel militias battling the Syrian regime. The EU-Russia summit in...