The Polish Smolensk Crash Commission, which has been investigating the causes of the Tu-154M aircraft crash in Smolensk that killed former Polish President Lech Kaczynski, presented the results of its work that indicate that data about the crash was manipulated by Russia and previous Commissions, Polish Radio reported. The Minister of National Defense of Poland, Antoni Macierewicz, stated that Russians found the black box of the presidential aircraft a few minutes after the crash, listened to …

The U.S. State Department flatly disclaimed Russian statements that the U.S. uses Al-Nusra Front to overthrow Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. This interpretation was previously announced by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov.

According to the Russian diplomat, Washington "has reasons to maintain Al-Nusra Front.” This grouping can ostensibly be used as "the most efficient force" for the "violent overthrow of the regime in Damascus." Lavrov stressed that in such a way, the UN Security …

On Sunday, a U.S. P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane flew over Russia’s military bases in Syria, Interfax reported.

According to data on websites that track aircraft movement, the P-8A with tail number 168859 flew along the Syrian coast at least four times, presumably monitoring Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base and Tartus naval facility.

The aircraft also flew over the Mediterranean Sea to the south of Cyprus over the location of Russia’s naval flotilla.

U.S. reconnaissance aircraft have increased …