Russia imports Iranian teams for S-300s in Syria – 24 launchers in all. Shocked alarm in US, Israel
DEBKA Exclusive: The US and Israel were alarmed to learn that Moscow had decided to man the S-300 anti-air missiles
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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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Putin’s adviser in Tehran with a deal: Israel to stop Syrian air strikes, Iran to halt arms shipments
DEBKAfile Exclusive: President Vladimir Putin sent his national security adviser Nikolai Patrushev to Tehran on Thursday, Sept. 27, to test
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Russia’s first Krasukha-4 electronic warfare unit lands in Syria. It can jam spy satellites, enemy radar
DEBKA Exclusive: The Russian Krasukha-4 mobile electronic warfare system, which can neutralize spy satellites and ground-and airborne radars and damage
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IDF and Russian army on collision course in Syria
The Russian Ministry of Defense leveled several grave charges against Israel on Sunday, Sept. 23 as having caused the loss
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Russia & Israel at odds over cause of Il-20 crash after Israeli air force chief’s Moscow talks
Russia and Israel agreed to continue their military coordination in Syria, although Israel’s Air Force chief Maj.-Gen Amikam Nurkin and
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Is Israel in Putin’s sights, as its air force chief is cross-examined in Moscow?
Maj. Gen. Amikam Nurkin, Israel’s Air Force chief, endured hour after hour of quizzing in Moscow Thursday, Sept. 20 about
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Russia to beef up air defenses, aircraft to curtail Israeli air operations in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to the downing of the Il-20 by Syria was mild in tone, but his reference
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Putin meets Erdogan at Sochi to cut a separate deal for Idlib
President Vladimir Putin will insist on an early date for the Idlib offensive when he meets Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan at
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Netanyahu ignores Putin’s alignment with Tehran against a US-Israeli anti-Iran offensive Iran in Syria
Jerusalem finally responded on Tuesday, Aug. 28, to the signing of a new Iranian-Syrian military pact two days earlier in
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