Contents tagged with Syria
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Media: no agreement reached between Israel and Russia on deployment of Syrian troops near Israeli border
Israel and Russia have not reached agreement on the withdrawal of Iranian forces from the Syrian southwestern border with Israel, reports the newspaper Times of Israel with reference to Israeli officials.
Senior Israeli official also told Kaan TV Channel that Israel is negotiating this issue both with the Russians and the US and wants to achieve the removal of Iranian forces from all of Syria, not just the south.
Earlier, the Israeli media, in particular Channel 10, reported that Israel …
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Damascus demands the US withdraw from Syria
Damascus stated that the US must withdraw from Syria. “Presence of the US in Syria is illegal. The Americans must leave the military base that they established in the town of al-Tanf,” stated the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria, Walid Muallem, at a press conference in Damascus, Mehr News Agency reports.
"Do not believe the statements about the security agreement in southern Syria until the United States withdraws its troops from the al-Tanf," the minister said.
Muallem thanked Iran for …
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Putin and Netanyahu discuss situation in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the telephone with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,reported the press service of the Kremlin.
“As a continuation of the talks that took place on May 9 in Moscow, several aspects of the situation in Syria were discussed,” the statement said. The leaders also discussed current issues on a joint agenda.
Netanyahu visited Moscow in early May and attended the Victory Day parade. During the talks with Putin, the situation in Syria was discussed. …
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Georgia: Russia directed Syria to recognize the independence of Georgian regions
Tbilisi says that Russia is behind Syria’s acknowledgment of the independence of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
“It’s a pity that as a result of Russian manipulation, the Assad regime accepted this decision,” the Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze said on May 30. He explained that in response to the recognition of the independence of the Georgian regions by Damascus, Tbilisi has already started procedures for breaking diplomatic relations with Syria.
On May 29, …
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Media: Israeli and Russian Minsters of Defense to discuss deployment of Syrian troops near Israel’s borders
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman will meet on Thursday in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu amid rumors of the forthcoming return of Syrian government troops to the southwest of the country. According to the source of RIA Novosti , the main topic of the conversation will be precisely the discussion of the allegedly forthcoming return of Syrian government forces to the borders of Israel.
According to the Israeli media, Israel is ready to accept that the Syrian forces …
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Turkey threatens Washington with closing Incirlik air base for the US
Ankara may close for Americans airbase Incirlik because of the unfriendly politics of Washington, stated the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu in an interview with the TV channel A Haber.
He stressed that Ankara expects the United States to "step away from its wrong steps". "We have other trumps in our hands," the minister added.
In April, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy stated that the country intends to discuss with NATO the use of the Incirlik airbase in …
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Russia plans to create electronic warfare systems based on analysis of US missiles found in Syria
Vladimir Mikheyev, adviser to the first deputy CEO of Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), said that within three years, Russia will create new electronic warfare systems using information gained from an examination of the unexploded American Tomahawk cruise missiles acquired by Russia’s Defense Ministry following the western coalition’s airstrike on Syria, RIA Novosti reports.
“Of course, on the basis of this experience [the airstrike on Syria], technical assignments are now being …
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Media: Israel consents to the deployment of Syrian troops at its border
Israel has given its consent to the deployment of Syrian army troops near the northern border of the country, reported Channel 2 with reference to an unnamed high-ranking source.
The agreement stipulates that the government forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad will take up positions near the Israeli border.
“In return, Russia says that Iranian and Hezbollah forces will be kept away from the border,” reported RIA Novosti. The report noted that Moscow participated in the talks between the …
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Georgia severing diplomatic relations with Syria
In an official statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia said that Georgian authorities officially started the procedure for severing diplomatic relations with Syria after the decision in Damascus to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and establish diplomatic relations with them is considered by the Georgian Foreign Ministry to be a violation of international law and a demonstration …
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Russian Ministry of Defense reports death of four soldiers in Syria
Four Russian soldiers were killed in Syria during a battle in the province of Deir ez-Zor, Interfax news agency reports with reference to Russian Ministry of Defense."Two Russian military advisers who were in charge of the Syrian artillery battery were killed. Five more Russian servicemen were injured and immediately taken to the Russian military hospital. The military doctors fought for the lives of the two wounded soldiers, but they succumbed to their wounds. The servicemen have been …