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US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft approached the borders of the Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions
A U.S. Air Force strategic reconnaissance aircraft approached the borders of the Kaliningrad region and the Leningrad region on Tuesday, as reported by Interfax, citing websites that track the movement of military aircraft.
It is noted that a RC-135W reconnaissance plane departed from the Mildenhall Air Base in the UK, followed a course along the Baltic coast of the Kaliningrad region to Estonia and into the Tartu district, where it also made a flight near the border of the Leningrad Region. A …
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Russian MoD: Belgian jets bombed Aleppo
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that the village of Hassajek in the Syrian province of Aleppo was attacked by fighter jets from the Belgian Air Force.
"According to information obtained from the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties from the local Council of the city of Afrin, on the 18th of October, 2016 at about 3 a.m., an airstrike was conducted on the village of Hassajek in the Aleppo province. The bombing destroyed two houses, killing six people and wounding …
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Russia and Turkey to pursue joint effort to drive al-Nusra Front from Aleppo
Russia and Turkey have agreed to pursue joint actions to drive the al-Nusra Front, also known as al-Qaeda in Syria, from the Syrian city of Aleppo, as stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, RIA Novosti reported.
“Yesterday, I spoke with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. We discussed Aleppo. He said that bombing has ceased there for 22 hours. He expressed the wish that ‘al-Nusra’ would be ejected from the city. We have given the necessary instructions to colleagues and started to …
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Putin, Merkel, and Hollande to discuss Syria after Normandy format meeting
After today’s Normandy format meeting between the leaders of Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine to discuss the situation in the Donbas, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President François Hollande will discuss the war in Syria, RIA Novosti reported.
According to Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, “Today the president [Putin] will travel to Berlin on a working meeting… of the Normandy format, which will include Putin, Hollande, Merkel, and Poroshenko… …
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Syrian Parliament recognizes Crimea as part of Russia
The Syrian government has recognized the Crimea as part of Russian territory, as stated by the Speaker of the Syrian Parliament, Hadiyeh al-Abbas, in an interview with Sputnik.
“We recognize that the Crimea is an integral part of Russia,” al-Abbas said, stressing that relations between Damascus and Moscow continue to be strengthened in all areas, especially political, economic, and social ties.
According to al-Abbas, the Crimea was part of the Soviet Union, and "because of the events that …