The shooting down of a Russian army apparatus in Syria seems to be the result of 'a tragic coincidence,' said Russian President Vladimir Putin, who proposed to take additional measures to ensure the safety of Russian troops in Syria.
A Russian military aircraft was removed from the air by the Syrian army at or above Syria. The Russian Ministry of Defense has informed that.
A Russian military aircraft has disappeared from the radar in Syria when a rocket attack took place on the Syrian coastal town of Latakia. There were fourteen soldiers on board the IL-20.
The Syrian army has had to activate its anti-aircraft guns after air raids on Latakia, according to international news agencies. Several explosions have been heard in the city.
Syrian state media report that the government army has intercepted Israeli missiles. That would have happened in the vicinity of the airport of the Syrian capital Damascus.
This spring two Russian spies were arrested in The Hague. They were on their way to the Spiez laboratory in Switzerland, which investigated the poison gas attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter, as did the poison gas attacks in Syria.
There are hardly any good guys left in Syria. That is what the Dutch government found out after criticizing millions of support for controversial rebel groups. Maybe they were not Muslim terrorists, but at least gangbusters that our country should have nothing to do with.
Belgians are in great embarrassment now that it appears that a compatriot may be responsible for 110 beheadings in Syria.
Together with ally Russia, Syria carried out heavy air raids on Saturday in the province of Idlib. This is considered the last large enclave still in the hands of insurgents against President Bashar al-Assad. The Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least four people were killed.
The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran meet in Tehran about Syria. The approach to the situation in Idlib is probably high on the agenda. Turkish President Erdogan expressed the fear that millions of civilians would move towards the Turkish border in an attack on the rebel stronghold. He called for an armistice in the area.
The highest American soldier, General Joseph Dunford, has warned of the consequences of a large-scale invasion of the Syrian Idlib province. 'If major military operations take place, we can expect a humanitarian catastrophe', said the chairman of the chiefs of staffs.
Several explosions have been heard at an air base near the Syrian capital Damascus. According to Syrian state media, there was an explosion in ammunition storage due to problems with electricity. They contradict that Israel has carried out an attack.
The Russian navy and air force will hold large-scale maneuvers in the Mediterranean from this weekend until 8 September. There are 26 naval vessels participating, under the command of naval commander Vladimir Korolev. Flagship in this exercise is the cruiser Oestinov, reported news agency Sputnik. The participants mainly practice in the hunt for submarines and the defense against air attacks.
After more than seven years of war, half a million dead and gigantic refugee flows, Syria is on the eve of the last big confrontation. One in which the many previous humanitarian catastrophes threaten to fade.
The Russian ambassador to Washington, Anatoli Antonov, has warned the US that jihadists will again have a chemical attack in scene to provoke American attacks on Syria. Antonov therefore urged his American interlocutors not to commit 'illegal aggression against Syria' again.
The fighters who still control the northwestern Syrian Idlib province must be eliminated there soon. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this after an interview with his Saudi colleague Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir. Lavrov spoke about 'terrorists who form a tumor.'
The world is preparing itself for the last major battle in Syria. While Assad's regime is preparing for an attack on the Idlib province, tensions between America and Russia are running high. Turkey, fearing a gigantic stream of refugees, is also putting its heels in the sand.
The police in East German Chemnitz is investigating ten people who have shown the Hitler salute during demonstrations and riots of the past few days. No arrests have been made yet, according to the police on Tuesday.
The United States is prepared to take military action again to punish the use of chemical weapons in Syria. That warning brought American National Security Advisor John Bolton this week to his Russian counterpart Nikolaj Patroesjev, say four initiates against Bloomberg news agency.
A man killed his mother and sister in Trappes, a suburb of Paris. A third person was seriously injured. The police later killed the alleged perpetrator. According to Minister Gérard Collomb (Home Affairs), it is a 36-year-old man with serious mental health problems.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been heard for the first time in almost a year. At least, the 'news agency' of Islamic State, Al-Furqan, has distributed an audio message, which would be from the IS leader.
The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to expand the Turkish army's cross-border operations in Iraq and Syria. He will 'be the source of the threat \u0026 quot; to drain his land. Erdogan said that Saturday at the party conference of his Islamist conservative AK party in Ankara.
Russian President Putin speaks Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday evening in her official residence, the castle of Meseberg north of Berlin. This dialogue is the first they hold in Germany since relations cooled in 2014 after the Russian annexation of Crimea and the uprising in eastern Ukraine. Merkel began her fourth reign in March and Putin was re-elected in the same month. In May, Merkel visited Putin in Sochi.
Iraq has carried out an air raid on a command center of Islamic State in neighboring Syria. As a result, an unknown number of members of the terror group have died. They wanted to carry out attacks across the border. That's what an Iraqi army spokesman said on Thursday.
President Vladimir Putin is going to a wedding in Austria this weekend. The Kremlin has confirmed, according to Russian media, that Putin is attending the wedding ceremony of Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl for his talk with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in southeastern Austria.
The political branch of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) once again consulted with the Syrian regime last week. The vice-president of the so-called Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) said that in the capital Damascus there was talk about decentralization and the constitution.
Syria is on the verge of what will probably be the last and bloodiest battle of the war. The regime is preparing for the attack on the province of Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold. Tens of thousands of insurgents and jihadists reside there among three million citizens, who can not go anywhere. This threatens a humanitarian catastrophe in which the previous disasters in Syria will fade.
A prominent Syrian scientist who was involved in the development of chemical weapons was killed by an attack. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Aziz Asbar was killed in the night from Saturday to Sunday when his car exploded.
The political branch of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has consulted with the Syrian government. The two sides agreed to form joint committees to prepare a 'road map for a democratic and decentralized Syria', reports the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC).
Islamic State (IS) has carried out one of its bloodiest terror actions in the south of Syria last Wednesday. The terrorist group committed four suicide attacks in the southern city of As-Suwaydi and in neighboring villages, including a market. The head of the regional health service reported 215 deaths and more than 100 injured.
