Contents tagged with Syria
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UK and France refuse to attend Russian-initiated briefing at OPCW
The Permanent Representative of Great Britain to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Peter Wilson said that the briefing initiated by Russia at the OPCW headquarters in The Hague on Thursday, April 26 was a “stunt.” The Russians claim that the event, which was attended by several residents of the Syrian city of the Douma, proves the absence of any chemical attacks in the vicinity of the city.
The United Kingdom and its allies declined to attend this briefing. The …
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Media: Russia supplied additional anti-aircraft missile systems to Syria
The newspaper Kommersant reports, citing a military-diplomatic source, that Russia delivered additional shipments of Pantsir-class anti-aircraft missile (SAM) systems to the Syrian port of Tartus last week. At the same time, the source’s statement did not specify whether the Pantsir systems were sent for the use of Russian troops deployed at Syrian bases, or for the Syrian government army.
The newspaper’s source also confirmed that there are no S-300 SAM systems in Syria.
Pantsir-class SAMs, …
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Pentagon denies Russian claims of downing US missiles during strike in Syria
Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon said on April 25 that images of buildings in Damascus destroyed by rocket attacks refute allegations by the Russian military that only 22 out of 105 missiles reached their intended target, RIA Novosti reports.
"The statements by General Rudskoy that only 22 out of 105 of our missiles hit their targets can easily be refuted. We provided open access images of targets before and after strikes. With regard to Russian official statements about the insurmountable …
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Israel prepared to destroy Russian S-300 missile systems in Syria
Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman has commented on the possible delivery of Russian S-300 air defense systems to Syria.
According to Lieberman, Israel’s only concern regarding the systems delivery is which targets the systems may be used against. The Minister stressed that Israel’s problem is not Russia, as Russian air defense systems have already been deployed in Syria and not used against Israel.
“What's important to us is that the defensive weapons the Russians are giving Syria …
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Russia claims it repulsed a drone attack on Syria Khmeimim airbase
Anti-aircraft defenses at the Russia’s Khmeimim airbase in Syria destroyed unknown small-sized air targets that were "far from the airfield", RIA Novosti reported, citing an airbase spokesperson.
According to the airbase representative, the airborne threats were discovered on April 24 around twilight. "All of the targets were destroyed by the antiaircraft fire means of the Russian airbase," he said. No one was hurt on the base; the facility also suffered no material damage, and has returned “ …
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Kremlin: Russia continues to maintain communication with the US on Syria
Russia and the United States will continue their dialogue in the aftermath of the airstrikes of the US, UK and France in Syria, as announced by Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. He noted that Moscow would always be "ready for dialogue" with Washington on the Syrian issue according to the UN Security Council resolution 2254."The contacts are continuing on the military side as part of de-conflicting," Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation said to journalists during a response …
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Russia may start supplying Syria with S-300 missile systems
Russia has the technical capability to supply Syria with S-300 anti-air missile systems within a month, by using what the Russian military department has available and carrying out the necessary modifications, TASS reported with reference to a military diplomatic source.
According to the source, there are two ways that S-300s could be sent to Syria. One would be to produce systems of the export variety, but then Syria would only receive them in one and a half to two years. The other option …
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Macron: US and allies must stay in Syria after defeating ISIS
France, the US and their allies must remain in the Syrian Arab Republic after ISIS has been defeated “in order to build a new Syria” and limit Iran’s influence, said French President Emmanuel Macron.
“Even after the end of the war against ISIS, the US, France and our allies, all of the countries of the region, even Russia and Turkey, will play an important role in the creation of a new Syria. But of course, it is the Syrian nation that will determine the future,” Macron said in an interview …
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Russia wants to increase traffic to Crimean ports with Syrian help
The Russian authorities of the annexed Crimea and a delegation from Syria signed a Memorandum of Intent totaling 62 billion rubles or about one billion dollars, as reported by Interfax.
The news agency cites the Prime Minister of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, who says that a part of the projects with Syria is possible "even in the first approximation."
"The economic benefit for the peninsula is obvious, regional ports will be loaded,” Aksyonov added.
The Crimea had looked forward …
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Erdogan: threat to Turkey in Syria comes from its strategic partners
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on the television channel NTV on Saturday that the threat to Turkey in Syria comes primarily from its strategic partners.
"The U.S. sent 5,000 trucks loaded with weapons to northern Syria. We cannot buy weapons from the US for money, but they and the coalition forces can supply these weapons and ammunition to terrorist groups for free. So, from whom does the threat emerge? Primarily from our strategic partners," the Turkish leader said.
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