Contents tagged with Syria
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Russia to send reinforcements to Syria
The Russian Defense Ministry intends to transfer additional military police forces to Syria, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the Russian Defense Ministry.
"Within a week, two battalions of military police will be transferred to Syria," the source said.
According to the source, this will include 276 military policemen and 33 units of military equipment.
Plans to send additional units of Russian military police to Syria came to light after the presidents of Russia and Turkey agreed to …
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Russia demands that the US withdraw from Syria
Russia demanded that the United States leave the area of the Al-Tanf military base in southern Syria, reports RIA Novosti , citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin.
"I speak about territory with a diameter of 55 km. Also, it is the Syrian territory, and the US military is located there illegally. They are blocking the road that connects Iraq and Syria. We consider their presence illegal and demand that such occupation be stopped," said Vershinin.
In mid-October, the US …
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Israeli military drone crashes in Lebanon
On Wednesday morning, an Israeli military drone crashed in Lebanon near the Israeli Lebanese border, reports Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on its Twitter.
IDF informs that the drone crashed during "another operation to secure the border," without specifying the cause of the accident. According to IDF, the drone landed in Lebanon, near the border between Israel and Lebanon.
In turn, the Al Manar TV channel of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement reports that the drone was intercepted during its …
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Russian military police start patrolling Syria-Turkey border
For the first time in years, Damascus has begun to control the north-eastern border with Turkey.
On Wednesday, Russian military police began patrolling Syria’s north-eastern border as part of an agreement with Turkey to expel the Kurds from the region.
The arrival of Russian police in the Syrian border city of Kobani marks the start of Moscow and Damascus’s joint mission to keep the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at least 30 km from the Turkish border, as part of an agreement made by …
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Unidentified aircraft strike Assad’s Army positions in eastern Syria
Three unidentified warplanes carried out a series of powerful strikes on the positions of Syrian government forces and pro-Iranian military formations near the city of Abu Kamal. There is no information about the casualties at this time. According to sources, multiple powerful explosions occurred in the area.
"In the eastern part of Deir Ez-Zor province, three aircraft were seen flying from the area controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces east of the Euphrates. Our correspondent reported …
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Russian helicopters deployed to old US base in Syria
Two Mi-8 multirole helicopters and a Mi-35 military transport helicopter belonging to the Russian Aerospace Forces have landed at the Tabqa airbase in north-western Syria. Footage of the Russian helicopters arriving at the old American base was published by the Russian TV channel Zvezda. The clip shows helicopters landing on a broken-down runway, where they are met by Syrian government forces.
“For the first time in six years – a historic moment – helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces …
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Russian media: Russia is the new ‘master of the Middle East’, Israel is afraid
The Russian press is actively harping on about the Putin regime’s “absolute dominance” in the Middle East. Following the withdrawal of the final contingent of US troops from Syria and video clips of Russian troops occupying an abandoned US base, the morale of pro-Putin journalists has skyrocketed, and they have started using militant headlines proclaiming the supremacy of Russian weaponry.
The Russian web site Lenta.ru published an article titled “Israel fears Russia as the new Master of the …
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Erdogan to discuss with Putin presence of Assad's army in Northern Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he will discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the deployment of the Syrian army in a "security zone" in Northern Syria.
Urgent talks between Putin and Erdoğan on further steps in the region are scheduled for the next week in Sochi, reports Voice of America.
Erdoğan warned that Ankara would continue to "implement its plans in Syria" if Turkey and Russia fail to agree on any further steps.
The Turkish authorities, after talks with the …
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Syrian Kurds ask Israel for help
An unnamed Kurdish politician in an interview with the Israel Army Radio (Galey Tzahal or IDF Radio), appealed to the Israeli government for help. According to the Kurdish politician, "the whole region will suffer" if no one stops the Turkish operation in Syria.
He also warned of severe consequences not only for the Middle East but for the whole world if former militants of the Islamic State group, who fled because of the Turkish invasion, will get out of Syria.
Earlier, representatives of …
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Kremlin calls Trump's letter to Erdogan 'unusual'
On Thursday, the Kremlin commented on US President Donald Trump's letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, calling its tone highly unusual for correspondence between Presidents. The American President asked his Turkish counterpart not to be a "tough guy" and "a fool."
On Wednesday, the White House published Trump's letter to Turkish President, which was sent on October 9. The American President urged his Turkish counterpart to stop the offensive in Northeastern Syria and recommended …