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Media: Four Russian S-300 batteries located in northwest Syria
Israeli company ImageSat International reports that 4 batteries for the S-300 missile system, delivered from Russia, are deployed in the northwest part of Syria in the area of Masyaf.
According to the company, the systems are located on the newly created site near the Syrian city of Masyaf in the province of Hama. It was there that the Israeli aviation had previously delivered air strikes against targets related to the Syrian chemical weapons program.
ImageSat International claims that the …
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Israel refuses to warn Russia about air attacks in Syria
Israel rejected Russia’s request to notify Moscow of Tel-Aviv’s operations in Syria in advance.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that the Israel Defense Force “does not intend to limit the freedom of its actions”, Times of Israel reported.
Presently, Israel warns Russia about its military operations in Syria only a few minutes before they begin. Moscow requested Israel to notify of their operations in advance.
Syrian anti-air defense systems shot down a Russian Il-20 …
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Kremlin accuses the US of drone attack on the Russian base in Syria
The Russian Defense Ministry accused the US of carrying the January drone attack on the Russian Khmeimim base in Syria.
"Thirteen drones were moving in a unified assault order and operated by a single crew. At that time the American Poseidon-8 reconnaissance plane was flying over the Mediterranean Sea for eight hours” said the Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin as quoted by TASS.
According to him, the drones switched to manual guidance upon encountering Russia’s electronic …
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Israel: Russian air defense systems will not protect Iranian forces in Syria
Israel is convinced that it will be able to attack the Iranian forces in Syria even now that Iran’s partner, Russia, has transferred S-300 anti-air defense systems to Syria.
In an interview with Voice of America’s Persian service in Jerusalem, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Michael Oren said that the Russian S-300 systems “will pose a problem, but one which can be overcome”.
“Israel has been overcoming such problems since the day of its creation in 1948,” Oren observed, “We will overcome this, …
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Germany to provide 100 million euro to Iraq and Syria
The German government will provide 100 million euro for the restoration of Syria and Iraq by the end of current year. These funds will be directed to the stabilization of regions recovered from the terrorist group Islamic State, as reported on Wednesday, October 17, in Berlin by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Economic Cooperation.
90 million euro from this sum will be given to Iraq. The remaining 10 million will go to the Syrian provinces of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, …
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Assad plans to visit the Crimea in 2019
President of Syria Bashar al-Assad plans to visit the Crimea in April 2019 and is holding negotiations on the beginning of a commercial airline route between Syria and the Black Sea peninsula, TASS reported.
Members of the Crimean Delegation visited Syria this week, including the Russian Prime Minister of the Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov. The Crimea is under Western sanctions imposed after Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014.
Russia has been Assad’s key ally in the seven-year Syrian conflict. …
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Russia to begin air transit between Crimea and Syria
Russian Prime Minister of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov, who is currently in Syria, announced that the possibility of air traffic between Syria and Crimea is being considered.
“We are actively working on the matter of creating a joint Syrian-Crimean trade house, and in addition there is the matter of opening air traffic between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Crimea. We are prepared to offer the capabilities of all our enterprises to business owners from Syria, so that they can fully …
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Turkey postpones joint patrols with Russia in Syrian Idlib
Patrolling the demilitarized zone in the Syrian province of Idlib scheduled for October 15th was temporarily put on hold due to a request by the Turkish side, reports a RIA News source, familiar with the situation.
“Turkey asked for more time and to postpone the start of joint patrols in Idlib. The Russian side was ready to start this morning,” said a source in the agency.
According to the source, the Turkish side referred to safety concerns, which so far, they cannot fully guarantee.
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Aksyonov plans to invite Assad to Crimea
On Tuesday October 16, Russian Prime Minister of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov intends to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to visit the annexed peninsula during the fifth Yalta International Economic Forum which will be held in April 2019.
Aksyonov revealed his intention during a session of the Syria-Crimea bilateral cooperation commission, TASS reports.
“We have already had the opportunity to invite your colleagues from the government to the fifth Yalta International Economic Forum. We hope …
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EU prepares to impose 'chemical' sanctions on Russia
At today’s session in Luxembourg, the Council of the European Union intends to ratify a new sanction regime against the physical and legal entities responsible for the use and proliferation of chemical weapons. The new sanctions were proposed by the UK and France following the incidents in Syria and in Salisbury which Russia is held responsible for.
The drafting of the new restrictions began at an EU summit at the end of July which was held directly after an extraordinary session of the …