Contents tagged with Syria
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Kremlin invites governor of Syrian Tartus province to visit annexed Crimea
The coordinator of the Russian State Duma group on relations with the parliament of Syria Dmitry Sablin, arrived in Syria on Sunday and plans to invite Tartus Governor Safwan Abu Saad to visit annexed Sevastopol, reports Russian Interfax news agency.
In early 2019, Saad signed an agreement on economic and cultural cooperation with Sevastopol.
In January of this year, the former Russian head of Sevastopol Dmitry Ovsyannikov visited Syria as part of the Russian delegation.
In April 2018, …
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Syria reports another missile attack
Syrian air defense systems have detected and destroyed missiles that were launched from the direction of Lebanon towards the city of Masyaf, reports Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). According to the agency, some of the missiles reached the ground facilities.
SANA does not name a country that was behind the attack but reminds that the air defense of the Syrian army has repeatedly repelled the attacks of Israel and the United States.
Al-Masdar News reported earlier this month that Russian S-400 …
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Media: Syrian air defense repelled a missile attack on military facilities in Hama province
On the night from Thursday to Friday, Syrian air defenses repelled a missile attack on military facilities in the city of Masyaf in the Hama province, reports SANA news agency citing its military source. According to SANA, the Syrian anti-aircraft operators managed to destry one of the missiles which was flying from the direction of neighboring Lebanon. Earlier, it was reported that loud explosions were heard in the city.
On July 22, Al Ekhbariya TV channel also reported that the air defense …
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Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria attacked by drones for third time in a month
Six drones belonging to the Syrian militants tried to attack the Russian Khmeimim Air Base. All the drones were destroyed, no one was hurt, reports the Russian Defense Ministry.
According to TASS news agency, the drones approached the airfield from the northwest side. The Russian military used air defense systems in the response.
Russian Defense Ministry noted that it was the third attempt to attack the airbase in a month. Previously, the airbase was attacked on August 8. Then two civilians …
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Syrian army captures strategically important city in Idlib
The Syrian government forces have captured the strategically important city of al Habeit in the province of Idlib, which is controlled by the rebels, reports Deutsche Welle.
"The capture of al Habeit is the most significant progress of Assad's army since the beginning of its offensive in Idlib province three months ago. More than a hundred fighters from both sides were killed in the battle for al Habeit. At the same time, the Syrian army and its allies conducted about two thousand artillery …
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Russia to open naval shipyard in Syria
By the end of August, Russia’s Black Sea Fleet will have an operational shipyard at the Russian naval logistics point in Tartus, Syria, TASS reports citing a source in the ship repair industry.
“In Syrian Tartus at the end of August, the Black Sea Fleet’s ship repair complex will start operating to provide minor repairs to the ships and submarines of the Russian Navy’s permanent operational units in the Mediterranean Sea,” the source said, noting that modern machinery has been purchased for …
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Radio interference linked to Russia over Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport disappears
The GPS glitches that were occurring in the airspace over the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv have now disappeared, the Israeli Airports Authority announced in a statement. Take-offs and landings are now taking place normally and using their original routes. The warning to the crews of airliners taking off or landing at the airport has also been lifted.
At present, there is no clear explanation of what caused the GPS glitches.
At the end of June 2019, Israel’s Army Radio reported that the …
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Russia resumes airstrikes on Syria
The de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria has been bombed by the Russian air force. The air strikes were directed at the city of Khan Shaykhun, reports Anadolu news agency.
As a result, at least four civilians were killed. In the past 12 hours, the number of victims of airstrikes has reached 8 people.
According to media reports, Assad army is also shelling the area. The Russian Armed Forces are bombing Khan Sheikhoun. The other settlements, Maarat al-Numan, Bidama, Abidin, Babolin, Khabit, …
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Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria comes under attack
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that militants carried out an attack on the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the militants fired three rocket-propelled rounds in the direction of the base which fell on the territory of the settlement of Ruaised Afif.
The attack happened at about 14:30 Moscow time in the north part of the airfield.
No damage to the base has been reported, but four residents were injured.
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Russian media: Israel has found ‘antidote’ to S-300 missile systems in Syria
The successful testing of the Arrow 3 missile has not gone unnoticed by the patriotically inclined Russian community, which cares about the success of Russian weapons in Syria, and is also (in line with Soviet tradition) alarmed by the achievements of the Jewish state in its fight against the Arab neighbors that seek to destroy it.
Svobodnaya Pressa, a news outlet run by the famous Russian writer and patriotic activist Zakhar Prilepin, published an article titled “Arrow 3 versus S-300: Now …
