Contents tagged with Syria
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Russian MPs to visit Syria
A delegation of MPs from the State Duma intends to visit Syria, State Duma Spokesperson Vyacheslav Volodin told reporters at a briefing in Saint Petersburg, RBC news agency reported.
Volodin said that the Duma delegation’s trip, which he personally intends to lead, could take place “during the first half of next year”. “There has been an invitation, and it has been accepted,” Volodin emphasized.
The State Duma spokesperson said that on Friday, October 13, on the sidelines of the Assembly of …
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Putin calls on international community to think about rebuilding Syria
The international community should already be thinking about rebuilding Syria after the war, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the opening of the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Saint Petersburg.
“I think that the international community should already think about the post-war restoration of the state, about how, in what formats and what quantities to assist it and other countries in the region, how to promote more effectively their socio-economic development and enhance …
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Syria demands that Turkish troops leave Idlib
The Syrian authorities demanded that Turkey immediately withdraw its military units from the north of the country, reports the Syrian state news agency SANA with a reference to an official source in the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry states that "the current [Turkish] aggression has nothing to do with the Astana arrangements between the guarantor countries", SANA reports.
According to Syrian authorities the deployment of Turkish troops in Idlib showed a close …
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Russia accuses US of possible breach of truce in southern Syria, Pentagon denies accusations
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry accused the Pentagon of a possible breach of the peace agreement in the southern de-escalation zone in the Syrian province of Daraa.
This was elicited by what the Russian military considers “strange coincidences”.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that initially they identified vehicles with large-caliber weapons, resembling the vehicles used by the radical Islamists, near the American Al-Tanf base, and then they documented the unobstructed …
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Russia taking heavy losses as it gets drawn into the ground operation in Syria
Former Donbas separatist commander Igor Strelkov, with reference to his own sources, reported the loss of numerous Russian soldiers in Syria.
On his page on the social network Vkontakte, Strelkov cited the evidence of several sources who have fought in Syria
Strelkov’s first source has fought as part of the Wagner private military company, and has recently returned from Syria.
“According to him, in the last week three people in his platoon were killed and many were wounded,” Strelkov states. …
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Russian SU-24 military aircraft crashes in Syria
Russian Su-24 military aircraft skidded off the runway and crashed at the time of take off at the Khmeimim air base in Syria. All the crew was killed.
The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the accident.
“On October 10, a Su-24 skidded off the runway and crashed while accelerating to take off for a combat task from Khmeimim Airbase in Syria,” the statement said.
The crew of the aircraft did not manage to eject and was killed instantaneously, Interfax reports citing an official from the …
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Media: Russia sends large number of troops to Syria in an attempt to change momentum near Deir ez-Zor
A large number of Russian troops are on their way to Syria to take part in Deir ez-Zor offensive, reports Al Masdar news agency citing its sources in Syrian government.
Earlier, Turkish media reported that the Russian landing ship Azov carrying military and equipment passed Bosporus on its way to Syria. It’s the forth such deployment for the Azov in 2017.
It is expected that the Azov will arrive in Syrian port of Tartus later this week.
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Russian State Duma: Russians captured in Syria have been executed
Roman Zabolotny and Grigory Tsurkanu, who were shown in the video from Syria with captured Russian soldiers, have most likely been killed by Islamic State militants, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for the CIS and European Integration Viktor Vodolatsky told reporters on October 5.
According to the MP, on camera the prisoners refused to renounce their orthodox faith, adopt Islam and join ISIS, and so they were killed by the terrorists. Vodolatsky did not disclose the information’s …
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Media: FSB tells family of Russian prisoner captured by ISIS in Syria not to cause stir
FSB staff have forced the parents of the Russian soldier Gregory Tsurkanu, who was captured in Syria, not to “cause a stir”, Tsurkanu’s parents told Radio Liberty.
The ISIS-controlled news agency Amaq released a video depicting two allegedly captured Russian citizens. One of them was Roman Zabolotny, the other was Grigory Tsurkanu.
Tsurkanu supposedly fought in Syria as part of Russia’s private company Wagner Group, his brother Roman told Radio Liberty. He noted that Tsurkanu left for Syria …
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Turkish Foreign Minister: Russian and Syrian airstrikes on Idlib should not be ignored
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, commenting on the situation in Syria and Idlib, said that it is necessary to ensure the territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, and one should not turn a blind eye to the airstrikes carried out by Syrian and Russian aircraft, reported Anadolu news agency.
According to him, Idlib is a key region in terms of preventing armed conflicts in Syria. The minister also mentioned that during the Inter-Syrian talks in Astana, the decision was made to …