Syria’s S-300s are being integrated in Russia’s national nuclear C3 command and control system
When Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Oct. 2 that the “unified” S-300 air defense systems in Syria will
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Sergei Shoigu
Ahead of Lieberman’s Moscow talks, Hizballah troops positioned at Israeli border disguised in Syrian uniforms
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s landing in Moscow on Thursday, May 31, was preceded by stealthy Iranian and Hizballah moves into
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Russia vaunts Su-57 operation in Syria: In answer to F-35 over Beirut?
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu disclosed on May 25 that the fifth-generation Russian Su-57 stealth fighter took part in a battle
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Shoigu gave Israeli leaders rare insights into Moscow’s ME and Iran policies
The coming DEBKA Weekly issue out on Friday Oct. 27 reveals the messages from President Vladimir Putin that Russian Defense
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Putin Vows Harsh Punishment for Hand behind Russian General’s Shocking Death in Syria – even If It Is the US
The death on Sept. 23 of Russian Lt. Gen Valery Asapov, 51, and two colonels in an unusually precise ISIS
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Syrian/Hizballah may call up Russian air strikes as cooperation deepens
Russian air crews in Syria are under new orders to respond directly and immediately to Iranian and Syrian demands for
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Trump’s Reliance on Advisers for Iran and Syria Is Self-Defeating
President Donald Trump was reported on Tuesday, Sept. 12 to be studying a proposal prepared by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis,
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Shoigu in Damascus, Tehran for anti-ISIS drive
After a tense conversation with Bashar Assad in Damascus Tuesday, Sept. 12, debkafile’s military and intelligence sources discovered the Russian
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Russia: Dissolve US-Arab-Israeli Syria war room
In another move to grab control of the Syrian arena, the Kremlin marked the start of the US-Russian brokered ceasefire
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