Warplanes believed to be Russian have bombed an ISIS-held town in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Warplanes believed to be Russian bombed an Islamic State-held town 130 km (80 miles) northeast of Damascus overnight, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported...
View ArticleRussia still isn't bombing ISIS
MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia bombed Syria for a third day on Friday, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the Islamic State fighters it said it was targeting.Washington,...
View ArticleThis video shows the kind of heroism that happens almost every day as Assad...
More than 300,000 civilians have been killed since the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, at least 19,000 of them from the Assad regime's bombing raids on rebel-held areas. Assad and his forces use...
View ArticleObama all but invited Putin's bombing of Syria
Russia's expanded role in the Middle East has been hiding in plain sight for months. And the Obama administration, eager for Moscow's diplomatic help, all but invited it. Now that Russian jets and...
View ArticleSEAL Team 6’s plan to surrender and 7 other amazing tales from US special forces
In the wake of Eagle Claw, the disastrous mission to rescue American hostages in Iran in 1979, President Carter and then-Defense Secretary Harold Brown ordered the US military to form what would become...
View Article'This is a major world event': The Syrian war is now fueling a 'global cold war'
One day after launching a campaign of airstrikes in Syria, Russia announced that it was considering going into Iraq.A foreign ministry representative said Thursday that Russia would consider any...
View ArticleMarco Rubio: Putin is a 'gangster' and a 'thug' — and here's how I'd take him on
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) is set to give a speech Friday where he'll present his plans to aggressively confront Russia should he win the 2016 presidential race.According to excerpts released by his...
View ArticleHere's how Russia covertly deployed military forces to Syria in September
Russia mobilized and transported forces and equipment to Syria under the guise of military exercises. The link between Russia’s arrival at the naval base at Tartus and its military exercises in the...
View Article'Shut out': Turkey finds itself 'in a very difficult position' with the...
The Russian incursion into Syria is hampering one of the region's most important players.Turkey, which has long sought Syrian President Bashar Assad's transition out of power, has been supporting some...
View ArticleHere's the deception that Russia used to deploy significant military assets...
Russia mobilized and transported forces and equipment to Syria under the guise of military exercises. The link between Russia’s arrival at the naval base at Tartus and its military exercises in the...
View ArticleHere’s an interactive map of all the Russian airstrikes in Syria
On Sept. 30, the Russian Air Force launched its first airstrikes in Syria (with controversial results).Since then, the RuAF contingent has launched more raids, some of those conducted by the six Su-34...
View ArticleA closer look at the Russian air strikes in Syria
The Russian Air Force has conducted airstrikes for the second day in row, and according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the force is not targeting “beyond ISIL (ISIS), al Nusra or other...
View ArticleIran-backed Iraqi militias are pouring into Syria
Recent online activities show that various Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militias have greatly expanded their recruitment efforts in support of the Assad regime, including numerous reports of significant...
View ArticleRepublican presidential candidate John Kasich to call for no-fly zones in Syria
U.S. Republican presidential candidate John Kasich on Friday morning will advocate for certain areas of Syria to be designated as sanctuaries from violence for civilians and made no-fly zones given...
View ArticleThe Middle East is angry and bewildered by US inaction in Syria
Across the Middle East, America’s traditional allies are watching with disbelief as Russia and Iran mount a show of force in Syria, and they are wondering how it will end.The U.S.-led coalition,...
View ArticleRussia launches new wave of air raids in Syria
Russian warplanes have attacked the Islamic State group and other insurgents in central and northern Syria with a wave of new airstrikes, Syrian and Russian military officials said Saturday.Russian...
View ArticleRussia claims Air Force made over 20 flights in Syria in past 24 hours
Russia's Air Force has made over 20 flights in Syria in the past 24 hours and targeted nine Islamic State objects, Russian news agencies cited a Defence Ministry official as saying on Saturday.The...
View ArticleJeb Bush had a heartbreaking exchange with a Syrian-American whose family...
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) engaged in an emotional exchange Wednesday night with a Syrian-American woman who said her family had recently fled the four-plus-year-old civil war in the country.The...
View ArticleBREMMER: The risk of an accident between the US and Russia has gone 'way up'
Russia's move to begin airstrikes in Syria Wednesday — apparently against rebels unaffiliated with ISIS — could lead to a slew of unintended consequences, experts say.The developments greatly increase...
View ArticleWhy Russia is bombing Syria
On September 30, the long-expected Russian military intervention in Syria rolled into action.According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, more than 50 airplanes and helicopters took part in a first wave...
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