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The latest from the Middle East
ISIS Leader killed
ISIS has confirmed the death of one of its prominent leaders. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in Iraq when his convoy was hit by an air strike.
United States disclosed this information as early as August 21 but the official confirmation from ISIS appeared only now.
Russian air strikes
During the last day Russian planes conducted as many as 90 air mission over Syria. Russia says that the main targets of these missions were the fortified positions of ISIS over Latakia, …
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Czech Minister of Defense: It is possible that Russia is financing the influx of refugees to Europe.
Russia can be involved in financing of refugees and their transportation to Europe - said the Minister of Defense of Czech republic.
As reported by Radio Praha, Martin Stropnický, The head of the Czech Defense Ministry expressed his opinion in his interview to Czech MF DNES .
The minister shared the information received from the Hungarian Minister of defense concerning the transportation routes of the migrants to the EU border. The minister said that he was informed that the transportation of …
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NATO Parliamentary assembly adopts Resolution on Solidarity with Ukraine
A resolution of Solidarity with Ukraine has been adopted by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Ukrainian MP, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze reports on her Facebook page that the resolution has been adopted with all the revisions requested by the Ukrainian delegation.
It has been adopted unanimously by all the delegations of the NATO countries.
The document condemns in strongest of terms the illegal annexation of Crimea and the continuing intervention in Eastern Ukraine by the Russians.
The …
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Ex-Syrian astronaut becomes general in Free Syrian Army.
A former Syrian air force general who was also the country's first astronaut is now a general in Free Syrian Army.Maj. Gen. Mohammed Fares trained as an astronaut in the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1987, and spent eight days on Russia's Mir space station. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space.Muhammed Faris was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and also the Order of Lenin.Upon returning to Syria he continued his service in the Syrian Air Force, preparing pilots.In 2012 he …
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90% of Russian strikes target Syrian opposition.
According to U.S. State Department, over 90% of Russia's strikes in Syria don't target ISIS.State Department accused Moscow of attacking "groups that want a better future for Syria" in attempt to save Assad regime.“Greater than 90 percent of the strikes that we’ve seen them take to date have not been against ISIL or al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists,” said State Department spokesman John Kirby. “They’ve been largely against opposition groups that want a better future for Syria and don’t want to …