Syria
Ukraine studies Russian airstrikes in Syria to prepare defenses – Turchynov
Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Oleksandr Turchynov said that Ukraine is studying the use of Russian combat aircraft in Syria in order to be prepared to defend the state from Russian airstrikes. Turchynov noted in his interview with the Ukrainian TV Channel 5 that Ukraine is highly concerned...
BBC: UK launches first Syria airstrikes
RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first airstrikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria, the British Ministry of Defence has confirmed, according to the BBC. Four Tornados took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus shortly after British MPs voted to approve bombing, the BBC wrote. The strikes focused on six targets in an...
«Islamic state» beheaded Russian man (VIDEO +18)
Terrorist organization "Islamic State" published the video, which shows brutal murder "Russian spy". As the channel NBC, the video is named "You will be disappointed and humiliated, the Russians." According to NBC, on the video is an unknown man kneeling in front of another man, who has...
End of ISIS? Putin ‘sending 150,000 soldiers to Syria to WIPE OUT evil Islamic State’
VLADIMIR Putin is preparing to send 150,000 troops to Syria in a bid to wipe out the evil Islamic State once and for all as he hints at joining the West following the Paris attacks. The Russian leader is reportedly mounting an enormous military mission to take control of the terror group's stronghold of Raqqa. The city is...
AFP: Israel PM admits forces operating in war-hit Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted for the first time Tuesday that Israeli forces have been operating in Syria, where the Iran-backed regime is battling rebels including the jihadist Islamic State, according to AFP. "We occasionally carry out operations in Syria to prevent that country from becoming a front against...
RFE/RL: Putin says Turkey shot down Russian jet to protect Islamic State oil
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of shooting down a Russian warplane in order to protect the Islamic State's lucrative oil trade, the latest in a series of inflammatory statements made by Moscow against Ankara, according to RFE/RL. Putin's comments on November 30, on the sidelines of the Paris climate...
Reuters: U.S. senators call for 20,000 troops in Syria and Iraq
Two senior U.S. senators called on Sunday for Washington to nearly triple military force levels in Iraq to 10,000 and send an equal number of troops to Syria as part of a multinational ground force to counter Islamic State in both countries, according to Reuters. Republicans John McCain and Lindsey Graham criticized President...
Deadly Russian airstrike hits market in Syria’s Idlib – media
At least 44 people killed, including children, and many more wounded on Sunday in a suspected Russian air strike on a crowded marketplace in Idlib province, activists have told Al Jazeera, Doha-based news broadcaster. The strikes hit the town of Ariha, which is controlled by the Army of Conquest, a rebel alliance which includes...
Air strike destroys humanitarian aid convoy at Turkish-Syrian border. PHOTOS
An air strike supposedly committed by the Russian aircraft destroyed a convoy of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and commercial loads near the Turkish-Syrian border. The column was heading to a refugee camp in the town of Azaz. The attack took place five kilometers from the border. According to the outlet, the trucks were...
The Interpreter: Russia continues airstrikes in Syria, 9 civilians reportedly dead
Russian jets are reported to have continued to strike rebel-held areas along Syria's border with Turkey on Friday, according to The Interpreter. The Interpreter cites the Syrian Local Coordination Committees (LCC), which reported that nine civilians, amongst them children, were killed and dozens wounded after air strikes on...
Terrifying footage shows Russian journalists being hit by an anti-tank missile while driving along Turkey’s Syrian border on the day fighter jet is shot down
This is the terrifying moment a car carrying Russian state media journalists was hit by an anti-tank missile while they were driving along Turkey's border with Syria. The footage emerged today as a Russian fighter jet was also shot down over Turkey after claims it violated the country's airspace. The three journalists,...
Russian air base in Syria was fired on. There are dead and wounded
The Russian air base in the Syria by opposition grouping of Ahrar al-Sham was struck artillery attack, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet. Sources of publications claim that as a result of artillery attack on an air base of the Russian aircraft people were killed and wounded. Also, sources say that after the artillery attack on an...