Contents tagged with Syria
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Kremlin confirms that ‘several dozen Russians were killed and injured in recent military clash in Syria’
In Syria, "during the recent military clash", several dozen Russians were injured, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement published on the Ministry’s website. The Ministry did not specify what kind of military clash it was and where it occurred.
"During a recent military confrontation, in which the military personnel of the Russian Federation were not involved and no regular technical means were used, Russian citizens and citizens of other CIS countries were killed. This …
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Syrian forces prepare for attack on Eastern Ghouta
The Syrian government army is amassing forces in the Eastern Ghouta region. Yesterday a convoy arrived containing Two T-55 tanks, a T-72, five BMP-1s, as well as a ZPU-4, a ZU-23-2s and a “Tochka-U” tactical operational missile complex. All of this equipment will be involved in a massive offensive both on Eastern Ghouta and on the region south of Damascus – the Yarmouk refugee camp, which is partially controlled by ISIS militants. The Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) operation has been dubbed “Damascus …
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Erdogan tells Putin that Assad will face consequences if Syrian troops deployed to Afrin
The Syrian government will “face consequences" if it concludes an agreement with Kurdish militia in Afrin, where Turkey is conducting military operation Olive branch,Turkey's President Recep Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin during a telephone conversation, Turkish NTV channel reports.
During the talks, Putin and Erdogan discussed the problems in Afrin and in Idlib province. "If the Syrian regime goes down this path [agreement with the Kurds], there will be consequences," Erdogan …
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Kurds report death of two European nationals during fighting against Turkish army
The People’s Defense Units (YPG), a Kurdish militia in Syria, has reported the deaths of two volunteer fighters, a citizen of France and a citizen of Spain, in battles against the Turkish army over the canton of Afrin in northern Syria.
"Our comrades Kendal Breizh and Baran Galicia, two of our internationalist fighters…were martyred in the clashes with the occupiers…on February 10," the YPG official website reported.
The real names of the deceased fighters are Samuel Prada Leon (a citizen of …
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Media: Dutch citizen who fought for Ukraine in Donbas killed in Syria
Dutch national Sjoerd Heeger, who was fighting for the Kurdish groups in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province, was reportedly killed in Syria on February 15 in an attack by an Islamic State “shahid-mobile”.
However, there has been no attack by ISIS suicide bombers during this period. The last documented attacks of this nature took place on February 11 in the vicinity of the Bakhra settlement, where the Dutchman was reportedly also killed. The attack was made by two ISIS suicide bombers – Abu Yahya al- …
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Authorities of a small town in Southern Russian confirm death of one of its residents in the US airstrike in Syria
Pavel Dubinets, the deputy ataman of the Cossack society of the Krylovskaya district, told TASS on Sunday that a resident of the town of Krylovskaya, which is located in Krasnodar Krai, had been killed in Syria. The information was also confirmed by friends and relatives of the deceased.
"I know that he died in Syria. An acquaintance showed the video - already published somewhere - as the helicopter destroyed three platoons, including [that of] Tereshchenko," he said, noting that the departed …
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Syrian government forces may be deployed in Afrin within next two days
In the next two days Syrian government forces will be deployed along certain stretches of the Turkish border and in the Afrin province, where the Turkish Armed Forces are carrying out Operation “Olive Branch”, announced Bardan Jia Kurd, spokesperson for the administration of the self-declared Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava).
An agreement has finally been reached with Damascus, Reuters reports. The Kurds have their first ally in the war with Turkey, whereas before, as they themselves put it, the …
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Former Russian MP: 334 Russians were killed in the US airstrike in Syria
334 Russians were killed in the airstrike of the US-led coalition on February 7. 217 people were from the fifth assault squad, 10 people from the second assault squad, 94 from Vesna (Spring) assault squad and 13 people from the artillery battalion, said former State Duma Deputy Viktor Alksnis during a broadcast of the Russian TV Channel Dozhd (Rain), stressing that it was an unofficial statistics.
"This data is collected from a survey of family members of those who fought in Syria and who …
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Russian media reports death of ninth mercenary killed in US airstrike in Syria
The radio station Echo of Moscow has learned of a ninth Russian who died in Syria as a result of the US airstrike. The death of Oleg Tereshchenko, a resident of Krylovskaya in Krasnodar Krai, was confirmed by four of his acquaintances.
Echo of Moscow’s sources claim that Tereshchenko’s death became the most discussed topic in his town. People who knew him say that he died in Syria. According to one of his acquaintances, this took place during the bombardment of the Russian convoy, which killed …
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Media: Damascus and Kurds agree to bring Syrian army into Afrin
Both the Syrian government and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have agreed that Damascus’s forces should be brought into Afrin in order to “repel the attack by Turkey”, reported the TV channel Al-Mayadeen with reference to its own sources in Syria.
The source clarified that the agreement was reached after the relevant negotiations. According to Al-Mayadeen’s sources in the republic, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has announced that the movement of Syrian forces into …