Assad’s troops enter Palmyra after massive Russian air blitz to smash ISIS
Vladimir Putin after all took the momentous decision for Russian carpet bombing to level the Islamic State forces holding Palmyra
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The Russian Military Pullback That Never Was
The odd thing about President Vladimir Putin’s dramatic announcement that he was pulling the bulk of Russian forces out of
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Close Air-Ground Coordination Is Russia’s Secret Weapon in Syria
How did it happen that around 120 Russian warplanes, attack helicopters and bombers changed the course of the five-year war
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The US War on ISIS Is Fading – Both in Syria and Libya
In the last two weeks, US and Russian aerial bombardments of Islamic State bases in Iraq and Syria have more
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Russian air strikes slowed down over Syria by weather and maintenance
(Russian air strike map in January 2016) Russian air raids over Syria were seen to have tapered off in the
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Putin Tries to Browbeat Netanyahu into Submission on S. Syria
When Alexander Levrentiev, Russia’s special envoy for Syria, visited Israel on Thursday, Dec. 24, he held an unannounced tête-à-tête with
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Concentrated Russian air strikes may open Syrian-Hizballah door to Israeli border
(Sheikh Maskin-Syrian Army’s 82nd Brigade base) Israel’s military and political leaders became intensely anxious Tuesday, Dec. 29, when they saw how
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How ISIS Evades Air Strikes – and Keeps on Advancing
Many Western analysts puzzle over the fact that some of the world’s most powerful air forces are pummeling Islamic State
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S-400 in Syria is Effective Only as a Show of Russian Muscle and Deterrent
The Russian SA-21 or S-400 is the most dangerous operationally deployed long-range SAM in the world, but totally incongruous and
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Acting on secret Obama-Putin Syria deal, Moscow’s air strikes focus first on rebels, next on ISIS
The secret deal for a political solution for the Syria conflict reached by Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin on the
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