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Putin says has no ‘right’ to ask Assad to leave power
President Vladimir Putin said in an interview released Friday that Russia has no “right” to ask Syrian leader Bashar Assad to leave power. His remarks came just days before leaders from the world’s top 20 industrial powers gather in Turkey
Russian aviation authority bans flights by Egypt airline to Russia
Russia has banned incoming flights by Egypt’s state-owned airline, an official of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport said on Friday, two weeks after a Russian jet crash in Sinai that Islamist militants claimed to have caused. The aviation agency Rosaviatsia declined to
Putin says Russia has struck Syria targets identified by Free Syrian Army
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet Saudi King Salman ahead of the latter’s visit to Russia, AFP reported on Friday. During the visit, the two leaders are set to discuss the ongoing Syrian conflict. King Salman is currently
Egypt Air barred from flying into Russia: Moscow airport
Russian aviation authorities have banned Egypt Air from flying into the country, one of Moscow’s airports said Friday, with Russian flights between the two countries already suspended following the passenger jet crash in Sinai. Moscow’s Domodedovo airport authorities told AFP
Russian TV airs ‘secret’ nuclear plans
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said plans for a new submarine-launched nuclear torpedo shown on Kremlin-controlled television were secret and should never have been aired. NTV and Channel One showed a large document — filmed over a military officer’s shoulder during
ISIS video threatens attacks in Moscow, Russia
ISIS has released a video threatening attacks in Russia “very soon” in revenge for Russian bombing in Syria, the SITE monitoring group said on Thursday, and the Kremlin said Russian state security services would study the material. Al-Hayat Media Center,
Russian air links with Egypt to be cut for months
Air links between Russia and Egypt will be cut for at least several months after last month’s air crash in which 224 died, the Kremlin’s chief of staff said Tuesday. “It’s for a long time. For how long, I can’t
Iran inks deal with Russia for air defense system
Russia and Iran have signed a contract for Moscow to supply Tehran with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, Sergei Chemezov, the chief executive of Russian state-owned defence conglomerate Rostec, was quoted by the RIA news agency as saying on Monday. “S-300,
Western countries haven’t helped in terror war: Egypt
Egypt’s foreign minister complained on Saturday that Western governments had not sufficiently helped Egypt in its war on terrorism and had not shared relevant intelligence with Cairo regarding the Russian airplane that crashed last week in the Sinai, killing all
Russian soldiers ‘geotagged in Syria locations’
Three serving or former Russian soldiers have been geolocated by photographs in Syria, including locations near Hama, Aleppo and Homs, Russian bloggers said on Sunday, suggesting the Kremlin’s operation stretches well beyond its air campaign. Russia first launched air strikes
Russia sending 44 planes to Egypt to repatriate tourists
Russia will on Saturday send 44 planes to repatriate its nationals from two Egyptian Red Sea resorts, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said as suspicions grow that a bomb caused last weekend’s plane crash. Thirty empty planes will be
Russia faces evacuating 80,000 nationals from Egypt
Around 80,000 Russians are stranded in Egypt after the Kremlin grounded all flights to the country following the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai Peninsula, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said on Saturday. President Vladimir Putin ordered the
Russia bombs Palmyra, eastern Syria
Russia’s airforce on Thursday said it carried out strikes near the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-held ancient city of Palmyra for the second time this week, claiming its targets were far from Syria’s historic sites. Russian bombers “destroyed
Free Syrian Army reps to meet Russian officials next week
A Free Syrian Army delegation has agreed to meet Russian officials in Abu Dhabi late next week to discuss the Syrian crisis, a Russian news agency said on Thursday, but representatives of four FSA rebel groups dismissed the report. The
Russia stance on Assad suggests divergence with Iran
Russia does not see keeping Bashar Al-Assad in power as a matter of principle, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on Tuesday in comments that suggested a divergence of opinion with Iran, the Syrian president’s other main international backer. Fueling
Russia reportedly sends missile systems to Syria
Russia has sent missile systems to Syria to protect its military forces there, the head of Russia’s air force said on Thursday. Colonel General Viktor Bondarev said fighter jets could be hijacked in countries neighboring Syria and used to attack
Russia’s stance on Assad suggests divergence
Russia does not see keeping Bashar al-Assad in power as a matter of principle, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on Tuesday in comments that suggested a divergence of opinion with Iran, the Syrian president’s other main international backer. Fuelling
Russia steps up push for Syria peace deal, proposes talks
Syrian government officials and members of the country’s splintered opposition could meet in Moscow next week as Russia pushes to broker a political solution to the crisis, a senior official said on Tuesday. “Next week, we will invite opposition representatives
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