Assad’s regime threatens Washington with 'retaliatory blow' if the US strikes again
Damascus has threatened Washington with a "retaliatory strike by its allies" if the US attacks Syria again, reported the FARS agency, citing Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad.
"We would not be surprised if the United States launched new attacks against Syria," Mekdad said, and warned that the Americans should know that "the response of Syria and its allies will not be the same as after the first act of aggression on April 7 on Syria's Shayrat Air Force base following the alleged …
Pakistan to buy large consignment of Ukrainian tanks
Pakistan may order a large consignment of Ukrainian-produced Oplot tanks, reports Pakistani military-analytic society Defence Pakistan on Twitter.
According to an announcement by the national industrial portal, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Ukraine Athar Abbas said that Pakistan intends to purchase roughly 100 Oplot tanks.
The agreement regarding the purchase of the Ukrainian Oplot military tank is now in the final stage of testing and evaluation. If it is signed, Pakistan will buy more than a …
Russian media: Russia is not capable of protecting Assad if the US attacks
According to military correspondent Mikhail Khodarenok, if Washington decides to eliminate the current Syrian government, Russia will not help Assad’s regime to resist – the Kremlin is not in a position to oppose a massive US strike.
In his article for Gazeta.Ru, he expresses the opinion that the reasons for a full-scale American attack against Assad may be another chemical attack and also the “disproportionate use of force by Assad against the armed opposition, or the violation of human …
Commander of Chechen Sever battalion Zaur Dadaev, who is accused of killing Boris Nemtsov, says he is innocent
Former deputy commander of the Chechen battalion, Sever Zaur Dadaev, accused of the murder of Russian opposition politician, Boris Nemtsov, while waiting in a pre-trial detention center, told a member of the Public Monitoring Commission, Kogershyn Sagieva, that he did not commit the crime. He stated that he was tortured, pressure was exerted on the jury, and the rest of the defendants perjured themselves.
If I would have committed this crime in the name of Allah, then I would be the first one …
Belarus: Russian-Belarusian Zapad 2017 military exercises pose no threat
The Russian and Belarusian Zapad 2017 drills planned for September pose no threat, and the media’s hype surrounding this event is baseless, said Igor Petrishenko, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia, in an interview for the TV channel Russia 24.
“In order to rehearse certain kinds of missions, originating from the evolving situation at the western and outer borders of the Union State, we must do the relevant training and drills. And so this hype which is building up is, in our view, completely …