The United States has no current plans to conduct military activities in Syria in conjunction with Russia. An exception is the prevention of dangerous incidents between the militaries of the two countries, said Pentagon spokesperson Michelle Baldanza, reports RBC news agency.

According to Baldanza, the forces of the US and the International Coalition are not conducting work that envisages military cooperation or coordination with Russian forces. Baldanza explained that the coalition does not …

In an interview with wPolytice, the Polish Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz, has said that the country needs more US military for its protection.

"From the point of view of the necessary defense of Poland, there should be an order of magnitude more, definitely more than two divisions," Macierewicz answered to the journalist's question about how much US military Poland requires. One division in the United States, on average, could include nearly 15,000 military personnel. …

The Ukrainian producer, Oleh Sentsov, who was sentenced in Russia to a 20 year imprisonment, is being transferred from Irkutsk to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, as he indicated in a letter to human rights activist, Zoya Svetova, which was published by Open Russia.

It is noted that the letter was dated September 17th and sent from the remand center (SIZO-1) in Tyumen on September 21st, and it was received on September 29th.

"I'm all right. I'm leaving. I was abruptly taken from Yakutia …

In Estonia, military exercises, named Sibul 2017 ("Onion 2017") and organized by the volunteer military organization Kaitseliit (Estonian Defense League), were launched on Saturday.

The maneuvers are being held at the Central Range of the Defense Force near the town of Tapa, in conjunction with the NATO combat group deployed in Estonia. In the classroom, combat skills will be developed with regard to conventional warfare.

According to the exercise scenario, the combat and rear companies of …

The terrorist group, Islamic State took control of the city of Al Qaryatayn in the territory under control of the Syrian government forces, reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Local journalists have confirmed this information.

It is noted that the city, captured by the ISIS terrorists, is deep within government held territory, southwest of Palmyra.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the so-called "sleeping cell" of Islamists operated in this city.

The capture …

Russian media reports the death of yet another military personnel in Syria.

Valery Fedyanin, commander of 61st Separate Kirkenes Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade was killed, reported SeverPost.ru news website referring to the statement of Fedyanin’s colleagues.

The media source notes that the Colonel was fatally injured by a mine explosion while conducting his combat duties.

He was taken to Burdenko military Clinical Hospital in Moscow but later succumbed to his wounds.

The Russian …

The Polish Sejm created a committee which will work on Germany's payment of reparations for World War II, Polish news agency PAP reports.

We want to start work in the Polish parliament, which aims to analyze the amount of compensation that Germany must pay to Poland, and we want to clearly understand the legal paths or options for implementing these requirements," MP from the ruling PiS (Law and Justice) party Arkadiusz Mularczyk said.

The first meeting of the group will be held during the …

The Executive Committee of the International Weightlifting Organization (IWF) decided to prohibit the Russian national weightlifting team from participating in all international competitions for a year. The announcement was made on Saturday, September 30, on the organization's website.

In addition to the Russian national team, the teams of eight more countries will not be able to participate in the tournaments. The reason for this was the numerous violations of the anti-doping rules at the …