Russia welcomes any settlement that leads to security in Gaza after a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas was announced, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Russia-Iran have taken a bold and strategic step to deepen their bilateral relationship by signing a far-reaching cooperation agreement. This significant partnership treaty comes at a time when both nations are grappling with severe economic challenges stemming from Western-imposed sanctions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian counterpart Friday for the signing of a broad pact between Moscow and Tehran. The Kremlin says the “comprehensive strategic partnership” agreement between Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will take their cooperation to a new level.

Our planet is the closest it has ever been to a global nuclear holocaust, the scientific community has warned over the past two years.

Behrouz Esbati said he partially blamed Russia for the fall of Assad's government, in a rare break from Iran's official line on Syria.

A strategic partnership treaty that Russia and Iran are poised to sign will govern the two countries' relations for the next two decades, the TASS state news agency reported on Tuesday, citing Iran's ambassador to Moscow.

Israel's actions in the wake of Syria's collapse give it unprecedented power in the air — right up to Iran's border.

With an Israel-Hamas cease-fire set to begin, the shock waves from their war have reshaped the region in unexpected ways.

As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back into his old life.

DOHA, January 18. /TASS/. A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will come into force at 8:30 a.m. local time (6:30 a.m. GMT) on January 19, Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesman Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari said.

UNITED NATIONS, January 18. /TASS/. Russia's envoy to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, blamed the current crisis in the Middle East on disastrous US policies.