Source: Al Jazeera Russian air strikes in Syria have killed over 400 civilians since September this year, monitoring groups say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the […]
Source: BBC 17 November 2015 Last updated at 18:05 GMT Russia is not “wedded” to keeping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power, says US Secretary of State John Kerry. Speaking […]
OPINION Russia’s great power game It may be a dream for Putin to join a concert of powers in stabilising the Middle East, but it’s a forgivable one. 17 Nov 2015 After the Napoleonic wars, the so-called Congress of Vienna in 1815 brought together allies and enemies to create a […]
By Matthias Schepp in Moscow DPA President Vladimir Putin has been oddly quiet about the recent crash of a Russian jet in Egypt. A secret strategy paper suggests the Kremlin wants to find a political solution with the West on the issue of Syria. Pressure is mounting on Vladimir Putin […]
Putin Tells Everyone Exactly Who Created ISIS Here’s something you probably never saw or heard about in the west. This is Putin answering questions regarding ISIS from a US journalist […]
Analysis STRATFOR.COM NOVEMBER 14, 2015 | 22:31 GMT Print Text Size Soldiers in Nagorno-Karabakh play checkers using a chess set at their post along the line of contact with Azerbaijan on April 21. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) Summary After a decadeslong standoff, Armenia and Azerbaijan may be making diplomatic progress […]
By Matthias Schepp in Moscow SPIEGEL.DE DPA President Vladimir Putin has been oddly quiet about the recent crash of a Russian jet in Egypt. A secret strategy paper suggests the Kremlin wants to find a political solution with the West on the issue of Syria. Pressure […]
SHAHAB JAFRY And a new confrontation in the Middle East Russia buying into American suspicion that ISIS bombed the Metro jet (“99.9pc sure”) will mean only one thing. Putin will green-light ground troops into Syria, further raising the stakes in the Levant. Russian pride will not take the affront lightly […]
Islamic State using kidnapped civilians as human shield against airstrikes near Kuweires Airbase 15:12, 09 Nov 2015 Siranush Ghazanchyan Photo from Fars News Agency The ISIL terrorist group has kidnapped a large number of civilians from Aleppo countryside and is using them as human shields against Syrian-Russian airstrikes near the […]
RT: A court in the Russian Far East has canceled the verdict that recognized an Islamic book with abstracts from the Koran as ‘extremist material’, which caused outrage from the […]
(CNN) A passenger plane that crashed on the Sinai peninsula may have been brought down by a bomb, the British Prime Minister’s office said Wednesday. That possibility prompted British authorities to […]
Source: Radio Free Europe – Radio Liberty Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the Islamic State (IS) extremist group at the opening of the new Moscow Cathedral Mosque. Speaking at […]
Source: BBC Vladimir Putin has been in power in Russia either as president or prime minister, since Boris Yeltsin’s surprise resignation on 31 December 1999. Fifteen years later Russia’s main […]
EYAD ABU SHAKRA ARABNEWS.COM Published — Saturday 10 October 2015 Like many, I listened the other day to Barack Obama talking about the Russian military intervention in Syria. In his talk the American president criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to distinguish between the Daesh and Syria’s moderate opposition, […]
By Christoph Reuter SPIEGEL.DE REUTERS A man carries a girl in the Douma quarter of Damascus following shelling by regime troops. Iran has long been sending troops and material to help Syrian autocrat Bashar Assad wage war against his own people. But now Tehran is busy establishing a state […]
Voices Syria’s ‘moderates’ have disappeared… and there are no good guys Western confusion reigns while the Russians go for the jugular Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 4 October 2015 Syrian civil defence members mourn the death of their comrade, who was killed during what rebel activists said were air strikes carried […]
Oct 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The US and Russia seem to have finally agreed that fighting terrorism in Syria is a priority. This poses a new challenge to many countries, which will need to shift their position vis-à-vis the Syrian crisis, including to Syria’s neighbouring countries such as […]
Oct 03,2015 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL A contact group on the Syrian crisis is expected to convene in Moscow this month upon the invitation of the Russian government. The Russian deputy foreign minister told Russian news agency RIA Novosti on Monday that Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey and Egypt are expected to […]
Christian Times: Russia’s recent air strikes against ISIS in Syria have been praised as a “holy battle” by the Russian Orthodox Church. Russia launched its second day of air strikes in Syria today, while western leaders struggled to know how to react to Putin’s insistence that President Bashar al-Assad must […]
Middle East Russia in Syria: CIA-backed ‘moderate’ rebels struck by fresh air strikes as Iranian troops ‘pour into conflict’ Russian Foreign Minister insists Moscow sees ‘eye-to-eye’ with US-led coalition in wanting to combat Isis militants David usborne US Editor Thursday 1 October 2015 20:29 BST 73 comments In this image made from video provided by […]