Expansion of Turkey’s military operation in Syria and new sanctions’ put off
With the issue of the so-called Syrian package of sanctions against Russia in the cards, it is unlikely Europe will rush to adopt the new restrictions until a new US president is elected that is according to some Western experts surveyed by Izvestia daily during the Valdai International Discussion Club. According to Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz, the former German Ambassador to Russia, the issue of new anti-Russia sanctions was raised at...
“Russia speaks against politicization of probe into chemical attacks in Syria”
Russia is speaking against politicization of investigation of chemical attacks in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Russian journalists in Jerusalem. “The main thing we speak against is politicization of this problem, this issue [investigation of chemical attacks in Syria],” Gatilov, in Jerusalem on a visit, said. He said the United States “uses the issue in all ways to pressure the Syrian...
Zakharova: Russia has nothing to do with Syria’s Idlib school attack
Russia calls on international organizations to immediately investigate the killing of 20 school children in Syria’s Idlib, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said today. “We demand that all international organizations join the investigation without further delay,” the diplomat said. Zakharova stressed Russia has nothing to do with the attack. A number of mass media were quick to blame the tragedy on the...
Russia ready to deliver strikes on militants moving into Syria from Iraq
Russian warplanes are ready at any moment to deliver strikes against militants moving into Syria from Iraq, Head of the Main Operations Department at Russia’s General Staff Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoi said on Tuesday. “The Russian Aerospace Force is monitoring the situation in the area of the Syrian-Iraqi border day and night with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles and other reconnaissance means. Russian planes are on...
No flights of Russian, Syrian aviation over Aleppo in last 7 days
Russian Aerospace Defense Forces and Syrian Air Force have not delivered airstrikes at Aleppo over the last seven days, and flights were not conducted over the city or its suburbs, Igor Konashenkov, official spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, told TASS today. “Over the last seven days, flights of Russian Aerospace Defense Forces and Syrian Air Force over Aleppo were completely ceased,” Konashenkov said....
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