The first delivery of the Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile system has arrived in Iran, the country’s Foreign Ministry has announced. “We had already announced that despite several changes in the time of delivery, the deal is on its path of implementation and today I should announce that the first part[…]
No country has provided evidence that the missiles Iran is testing are designed to carry a nuclear warhead, a senior Russian diplomat says, adding that Iran’s ballistic missile tests “don’t violate a United Nations Security Council resolution” in any way. “We do not think these launches violate Resolution 2231, because[…]
Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air power, have recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after days of intense fighting, state media and a monitoring group said. Syrian state television quoted a military source as saying the army and allied[…]
The Syrian advance comes amid a government offensive to capture Palmyra that began earlier this month with support from Russian fighter jets. A Russian commando who was calling in coordinates for air strikes was killed, said an unidentified Russian military spokesman from the Hmeymim base in Latakia. “The soldier died[…]
The pilots of the Flydubai plane that crashed in Russia on Saturday, killing 62 people, had expressed concerns over weather conditions, an air traffic control recording has allegedly revealed. One of the pilots in the seven-minute recording can be heard asking whether the “weather is better?” as they approached Rostov-on-Don[…]
At least 62 passengers and crew have died after a FlyDubai plane crashed during an attempted landing in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, Russian officials said. A Russian investigative committee confirmed in a statement that all the people on board the plane, travelling from Dubai, were killed in the crash[…]
UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura described the pullout as a “significant development” for the talks that began in Geneva on Monday in the latest push to end the five-year conflict, but Western leaders were more cautious. “We hope (this) will have a positive impact on the progress of the[…]
RT Spanish correspondent Boris Kuznetsov, RT Arabic correspondent Hassan Nasr, RT cameraman Khaled Eldera and Ruptly cameraman Aleksandr Tikhomirov have come under fire in Syria close to the Turkish border while filming footage for a story. The incident happened in the border village Kinsabba, Latakia province. Initial reports said the[…]
Moscow is in a state of shock after a woman dressed in black was shown walking around near a metro station with a ‘child’s severed head’ in her hand and shouting “I am a terrorist.” Here is what’s known so far about the horrific incident. Early Monday morning passers-by noticed[…]
Syria’s president has assured Russia of his readiness to respect a ceasefire deal brokered by Moscow and Washington, the Kremlin said. “A phone call took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad,” the Kremlin said in a statement on Wednesday. “In particular,[…]
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