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Erdogan: Turkish Army has entered Syria to put an end to Assad’s regime
The Turkish Army has entered Syria to end the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. This was stated by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as reported by Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News.
“According to my estimates about 1 million people have died in Syria. People continue to die without any exception: children, women and men. Where is the United Nations? What is it doing? Is it in Iraq? We preached patience but we could not tolerate it any longer and we had to enter Syria together …
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Expert: Trump is ready to share Syria with the Kremlin
The Director of the Center for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts at the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexander Shumilin, stated in an interview with Rosbalt that John Kerry’s mission will probably fail. The U.S. Secretary of State is trying to reach new agreements with Russia on Aleppo in the remaining month and a half before the withdrawal of the current U.S. administration.
“Everything that Kerry attempts to do today is being undertaken merely …
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NATO was aware of Russia’s plans to deploy Iskander missile systems to Kaliningrad
NATO knew even before 2012 that Russia was planning to deploy Iskander missile systems to Kaliningrad because the previous-generation Tochka missile systems had become obsolete. However, Moscow is now describing the deployment of the missile systems as a response to the expansion of the alliance.
Russia deployed the Iskander missile systems to Kaliningrad last month. The official representative from NATO negatively assessed the deployment of the Russian missile systems, stated the vice …
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Ukraine agrees with Sweden on sanctions against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met with Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström to discuss, and agree with, Sweden’s position on sanctions against Russia.
According to the press service of the President, the issues of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, and the introduction of the EU visa-free regime for Ukrainians, were also discussed during the meeting.
Wallström spoke about the need to extend the sanctions against Russia, while Poroshenko thanked Sweden for …
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Russian and Uzbek defense ministers sign agreement on military cooperation
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu and his Uzbek counterpart Kabul Berdiyev have signed an agreement on the development of military-technical cooperation and the pursuit of bilateral cooperation between the defense ministries of the two countries in 2017, TASS reported.
According to Shoygu, “The signing of this document today will make it possible for us to tackle the issues of equipping your country’s [Uzbekistan] armed forces without delay and boosting their combat capability. We pay …