RT News - August 18 2026 (17:00 MSK)

Ankara slams Israel as the 'greatest enemy of peace' in the Middle East. That's as secondary explosions light up a Syrian airfield near the Turkish border that was targeted in IDF airstrikes just hours earlier. Russia's Armed Forces advance further on the frontlines, taking control of two more towns in Donetsk Republic. And Vladimir Zelensky is left waiting for Kiev's allies to hand over more arms. Tehran says the strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Washington fulfills all of its obligations under the memorandum of understanding. Meanwhile US attempts to control crude prices have failed according to an exclusive Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps comment to RT.