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Another Russian soldier killed in Syria
Alexander Yagofarov, who died in Syria, was buried in the Russian city of Orenburg on August 27.
As reported by OrenDay.ru, the soldier’s body arrived in Orenburg on Saturday August 26. He was posthumously awarded several state decorations.
The deceased frequently went to the “hot spots”, but he himself had said that the trip to Syria was supposed to be his last. He told his loved ones that he would return sometime after the 20th of August, close to the 25th.
Only a little is known about how …
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Israeli Prime Minister: Urgent meeting with Putin prompted by changed situation in the region
In an interview with Channel 20 Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named the changing situation in the region "in past weeks" and, in particular, on the Israeli-Syrian border, as the reason for an "urgent" meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The situation in Syria, Netanyahu observed, "was stable until the last weeks." "Over the past weeks, there have been enormous changes," he added, recalling that at the "northern border of Israel", there has been an armed …
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Russian Defense Minister says ‘civil war in Syria has effectively ended’
In a meeting with his Lebanese colleague Ya’qub as-Sarraf, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said that the civil war in Syria has ended, Interfax reports.
“In Syria, having separated the ones from the others [opposition from terrorists], we have managed to create four de-escalation zones, and to effectively stop the civil war,” Shoygu noted.
He added that the Russian military “is satisfied to watch Lebanon’s successes in the north-east of the country” in the fight against the terrorist …
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Assad thanks Russia, Iran and Hezbollah for their support
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stated that his army has shattered the West's attempts to overthrow his government, thanks to the help of allies, including Russia, Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement.
"Their direct support - politically, economically and militarily – has made possible great successes on the battlefield and reduced the losses and hardships of the war," Assad said during a television broadcast on August 20.However, he noted that "the battle continues," and that it's still …
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UN has enough evidence to indict Assad but Russia prevents it
International Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said that the investigation of crimes in Syria has yielded enough evidence to prosecute President Bashar Assad.
Carla del Ponte became famous for her investigations of war crimes in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Last week, she said that she is withdrawing from the UN Commission on Syria in protest. She is unhappy that the UN Security Council is not creating a special tribunal for Syria, to bring to justice those responsible for war crimes.
One of …
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Russian Minister of Defense: Damascus-controlled territory has increased by 2.5 times
In a broadcast of the TV channel Russia 24, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said that Damascus-controlled territory has increased by 2.5 times in the last two months.
According to him, this is a “serious success”. Shoygu said that half of the province of Deir ez-Zor is controlled by Syrian state forces. Its liberation will be decisive in the fight against the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS).
He specified that in Syria, since the start of the Russian Armed Forces’ operation, there …
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Kremlin admits that Russian volunteers might be fighting in Syria
The Kremlin admits that Russian volunteers may be fighting in Syria, but says that, even so, official data of the Russian Ministry of Defense should be consulted for the number of casualties among Russian soldiers there, reports the Russian media.
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated this in regards to Reuters, which alleged that the number of Russians that have been killed in Syria is higher than was officially stated.
According to him, the Russian volunteers who may be in Syria have …
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Russian Minister of Defense: Russia formed four battalions of military police in de-escalation zones in Syria
Four military police battalions have been formed in Syria to carry out tasks in the de-escalation zones, according to the Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service.
"Four battalions of military police have been formed. They are currently carrying out tasks in the security belts of the de-escalation zones in the Syrian Arab Republic," Shoygu said at the Russian Defense Ministry meeting.
According to him, the battalions have been formed …
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Putin signs bill on deployment of Russian military air force in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law ratifying a protocol to an agreement on the deployment of an air group of the Russian Armed Forces to Syrian territory.
The document was published on Wednesday, on the official portal for legal information.
"To ratify the protocol to the agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on the deployment of an aviation group of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, …
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Russia deploys military police in Syria to monitor the de-escalation zones
Russia began deploying military police in Syria to monitor compliance with the ceasefire in two newly established security zones, the Russian authorities said on Monday.
As Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy said, Russian forces deployed checkpoints and surveillance points around de-escalation zones in southwest Syria and in the East Ghouta near Damascus.
In May, Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed on a plan to create four de-escalation zones in Syria in an attempt to resolve the six-year conflict. In …