The UK would find it difficult to refuse a call from the US to join military strikes on Syria, Boris Johnson has said.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has defended Russia’s actions in Crimea, describing the military intervention as a “legitimate” action, as tensions remains high in Ukraine.
The Russian upper house of parliament has approved the deployment of troops in Ukraine at the request of President Vladimir Putin.
A week that started with a march toward war, that melted in the heat of U.S. politics, that morphed into high-level diplomacy, ended with a U.S.-Russian deal to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has written an opinion article in the New York Times to appeal to the American people about the ongoing crisis in Syria, and caution them that a military strike on Syria could result in a rise in terrorism.