US President Barack Obama said he does not expect a “180-degree turn” from Russia’s strategy in Syria and that President Vladimir Putin will abandon his defense of the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. “They have invested four years in keeping Assad in power...

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the death of a Russian soldier serving under a contract at the Khmeimim air base in Syria, the location of the Russian military. According to official data, a contract soldier who served as a technical specialist “committed suicide while resting after duty.”…