Russia accuses Israel of pushing its missing spy plane into Syrian line of fire
Russia blames Israeli military planes for creating a “dangerous” situation in Latakia, by exposing its missing IL-20 spy plane to
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Iran’s Tel Afar op is in sync with Russia in Syria
The pro-Iranian Iraqi Shiite drive to capture Tel Afar, 55 km from Mosul in western Iraq, was designed less to
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How Far Will Obama and Putin Go in Their Duel over Syria?
The level of threats from Moscow rose to a strident pitch this week, hardly matched by Washington. Russian Deputy Foreign
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Ayatollah shoots down Putin’s high-flying Tupolev
Monday, Aug. 22, just a week after the Russian defense ministry proudly released images of the first Russian bombardments in
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After bombers, Russian S-400s for Iranian base
Russian giant Antonov An-124 air freighters are ready to take off Wednesday, Aug. 17, carrying an array of advanced S-400
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The Putin-Netanyahu Understandings Extend to Syria’s Future
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu decided at their June 7 meeting in Moscow to deepen
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Near-clash of Israeli-Russian planes over Syria
Western and Middle Eastern military sources monitoring the war in Syria, and networks monitoring Russian air force flights in the
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Big Powers Share out Their Military Lead-Roles: US in Libya – Russia in Syria
The symmetry between the roles Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin have agreed to assign their armies in two Middle
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Russia Prepares to Make Syria an “Anti-Access/Area Denial” Space
Anti-access/area denial (A2/AD in military shorthand) consists of layer upon layer of overlapping sophisticated and lethal surface-to-air missile systems. It
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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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