An advanced Russian multi-role fighter plane crashed in Syria on Thursday after take-off, killing both members of its crew, the Russian military was cited as saying by Russian news agencies.
As the US announced the new measures investigators were set to begin their work in investigating the chemical attack in Douma that prompted US-led airstrikes over the weekend.
The United States, Britain and France launched strikes against the Syrian regime in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack after mulling military action for nearly a week.
Seven Russian tycoons were targeted, along with 17 officials and a dozen Russian companies in what the US says is punishment of the Kremlin for its "ongoing and increasingly brazen pattern" of bad behaviour.
UN human rights chief says the Syrian regime's five-year siege of the Damascus suburbs of eastern Ghouta included the use of chemical weapons and starvation. UNHCR says almost 50,000 have fled the enclave in recent days.
Much like the opposition-held Aleppo in 2016, Eastern Ghouta is set to become a blood-soaked war theatre as the Assad regime tries to bomb it into submission. Over 250 people have been killed in the regime's assault over two days.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US wants "free, fair, and verifiable elections" in Venezuela and its willing apply sanctions to get its way.
Recent drone attacks and mortar and rocket shelling in recent days have raised doubts about the sustainability of the Assad government's recent victories.
Since 2015, Russia has been deeply involved in the Syrian conflict. Sending conflicting messages to opposing sides, Moscow is now the only player in the crisis maintaining diplomatic channels with all the parties involved. Here's how it has managed.
Statement from Riyad Hijab, chief coordinator of the High Negotiations Committee, does not say why he has resigned from his post after two years.
The United Nations said this month that 400,000 civilians face catastrophe in eastern Ghouta, a pocket of satellite towns and farms near the capital. Aid deliveries are blocked and hundreds of people need urgent medical evacuation.
After the latest operations on the last major urban strongholds held by Daesh, the group is now stuck in the desert. But analysts say that doesn't necessarily mean either the fall of Daesh, or an end to conflict in the Middle East.
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