Russia’s crucial diesel attack submarines may have to withdraw from the Mediterranean Sea as Moscow appears to have been kicked out of its naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus.
Syria's defence minister said Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with Kurdish-led forces on their integration into the national army but stood ready to use force should negotiations fail.
Debra Tice, mother of missing Marine veteran and American journalist Austin Tice, has returned to Syria to search for her son who was taken captive in August 2012.