Contents tagged with Syria
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Putin awards officers of Russian Special Forces for ‘outstanding service in Syria’
Officers from the Russian Special Forces were given awards for their participation in operations in Syria. The commander of the group was given “The hero of Russia” award, Russia-24 news channel reported.
The channel showed four people standing with their backs to the camera. One of them, the commander, told the reporters that the group of 16 Russian Special Forces commandos had entered a battle with “300 terrorist fighters”.
"Without any losses, we had the upper hand thanks to our position …
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Syrian Foreign Minister: UN observers will not be given access to de-escalation zones in Syria
Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Walid Muallem ruled out the participation of the United Nations observers in the de-escalation zones established by Russia, Turkey and Iran, RIA Novosti reports.
"There will be no international forces under the auspices of the United Nations. Russia, as the guarantor country, explained that military police forces and monitoring centers will be established in those zones. The United Nations or any international forces will have no role in these zones", said …
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Russia publishes memorandum on the establishment of security zones in Syria
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a memorandum on the establishment of de-escalation zones in Syria, which was adopted on May 4th at a meeting in Astana. According to the document, armed conflict must be stopped in the zones located on the line of contact between the forces of Bashar Al-Assad and the opposition troops.
The memorandum consists of six items. The first point defines the de-escalation zones. They will be located in the province of Idlib and in some parts of the …
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Russia and U.S. will restore the memorandum on the prevention of air incidents in Syria
The Chiefs of the General Staff of Russia, Valery Gerasimov, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff the United States, Joseph Dunford, discussed the Russian-American memorandum on the prevention of air incidents in Syria on Saturday, May 6. The parties confirmed their readiness to restore its operation in full, reports the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Russian ministry also stressed the intention to work together "on additional measures to prevent conflict situations" in carrying out …
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Russia sends another frigate carrying cruise missiles to the Mediterranean
The newest frigate of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Essen, entered the Mediterranean Sea and joined the Russian navy group off the Syrian coast, as stated by the representative of the Russian Navy,Vyacheslav Trukhachev, Interfax news agency reports.
"Today, the newest frigate of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Essen, which has been on its inter-fleet voyage from the Baltic to the Black Sea Fleet passed the Strait of Gibraltar and arrived in the Mediterranean Sea. The warship has joined the …
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Pentagon: the US will continue its flights in Syria including over ‘security zones’ established by Russia
The Coalition forces headed by the US will strike at the Islamic State anywhere in Syria, including in the security zones established by Russia, Turkey and Iran, Interfax news agency reports citing a Pentagon representative.
Earlier, Russia, Turkey and Iran signed a memorandum on the establishment of security zones in Syria. According to the memorandum, check points and observation centers will be established along the borders of these security zones.
While answering the question whether the …
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Russia: de-escalation zones in Syria will be closed for Western Coalition aircraft
The flights of the coalition aircraft in the zones of de-escalation in Syria will not be permitted, as the guarantor countries (Russia, Turkey and Iran) will closely monitor all activities in those areas, said Alexander Lavrentyev, the Russian President's special envoy and Russian Chief Negotiator on Syria in Astana.
"Aviation in the de-escalation zones, especially by the forces of the international coalition, is absolutely not envisaged - neither with notification nor without notification. …
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After the creation of security zones in Syria, Russia and Assad’s army will launch an offensive on the city of Deir ez-Zor
Beginning May 1, Russian military aircraft have ceased military flights in the de-escalation zones in Syria in accordance with the memorandum, Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoy told reporters.
"From 00:00 on May 1, the use of the Russian Air Force aircraft in the areas corresponding to the de-escalation zones defined by the memorandum was terminated," he said.
The memorandum envisages the creation of …
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Media: ISIS using Russian electronics in their weapons
Military specialists in Syria, investigating the weapons of terrorists who have been killed, found that snipers of the terrorist Islamic State and Jabhat an Nusra use night vision devices with Russian electronics, reports the newspaper Kommersant, citing unnamed sources.
“We found so-called electron-optical converters (EOP) produced by Russian companies,” the source said.
A criminal case has not yet been filed on the findings in Syria, as the investigation and verification process is …
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Russia, Turkey and Iran sign memorandum on the establishment of security zones in Syria
At the plenary session of the 4th Astana meeting, devoted to the peaceful settlement of the Syrian conflict, Russia, Turkey and Iran signed a memorandum on the establishment of de-escalation zones in Syria, Interfax news agency reported.
During the signing of the document, two members of the delegation from the Syrian opposition left the meeting. “We do not accept Iran as a guarantor country,” said one of the departing delegates.
The head of the Syrian opposition delegation, Mohammad Alloush, …