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Russia appears to be building 2 more military bases in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite photos taken in mid-September and obtained by IHS Jane's show Russian forces developing two additional military facilities near Syria's Mediterranean coast, Rob Munks,...
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Now we know what Putin is up to in Syria
U.S. officials have begun to reveal the kinds of military equipment Russia has been moving into Syria, leaving little doubt that they are establishing an air base in the war-ravaged country.Moscow’s...
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John Kerry: Russia's actions in Syria 'could provoke a further escalation of...
ROME (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday Russia's military support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could raise the risk of confrontation with coalition forces fighting...
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Russia may put missiles in Kaliningrad if the US upgrades its nuclear arms in...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia may deploy Iskander ballistic missiles to its enclave of Kaliningrad if the United States upgrades its nuclear weapons in Germany, the Interfax news agency cited a military...
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US: Russia is making the UN security council dysfunctional
The United States has warned that Russia’s continued blanket use of its UN veto will jeopardise the security council’s long-term legitimacy and could lead the US and like-minded countries to bypass it...
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Egypt just bought those 2 French warships that were originally meant for Russia
Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral-class warships from France, the French government said Wednesday, announcing its second military sale to the economically-strapped country this year.The assault...
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Hezbollah is joining a formal alliance with Russia, Iran, and the Syrian regime
A leading pro-Hezbollah daily claimed on Tuesday that the party has joined a new counter-terror alliance with Moscow and that Russia will take part in military operations alongside the Syrian army and...
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Latest imagery shows 28 Russian combat planes on the ground in Syria
A satellite image has finally unveiled the whole Russian Air Force contingent made of 28 combat planes deployed to Syria: taken on Sept. 21, the photograph shows 4 Su-30SMs, 12 Su-25SMs and 12 Su-24s...
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Here's why Latakia is vital to Assad's regime
In light of its large Sunni population, the coastal city and its environs are not secure for the Syrian regime, possibly explaining why Russian forces are concentrating there.Over the past few months,...
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This summer I learned why Moscow is obsessed with soaking everything in water
When I visited family in Moscow this summer, I learned to walk the streets in fear of giant orange trucks.I saw the vehicles blast the roadways with high-pressure hose water every day during my...
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Russia is ignoring criticism over its greenhouse gas plan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has rebuffed calls for a more ambitious plan to cut its carbon dioxide emissions after environmentalists branded its current pledge inadequate and backward-looking.The world's...
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Putin says he'll conduct unilateral airstrikes in Syria if the US won't work...
WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for unilateral airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria if the United States rejects his proposal to join forces, Bloomberg...
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Here's how the Russian Air Force moved 28 aircraft to Syria (almost) undetected
Satellite imagery released in the last couple of days has exposed the presence of 28 Russian aircraft at al-Assad airfield, near Latakia, in western Syria.The photographs taken from space gave us the...
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Israel and Russia are setting up a military coordination team for Syria
An Israeli-Russian coordination team set up to prevent the countries accidentally trading fire in Syria will be headed by their deputy armed forces chiefs and will hold its first meeting by Oct. 5, an...
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This sniper, known as 'The White Death,' is credited with more than 500 kills
Simo Häyhä, also known as "The White Death," was a Finnish sniper who is credited with killing more than 500 enemy troops within 100 days during the Winter War against the Soviet Union from 1939 to...
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The Syrian army is using new Russian jets to beat back rebels in northern Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces used newly arrived Russian warplanes to bombard Islamic State insurgents in Aleppo province in northern Syria, a group monitoring the civil war said on...
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Putin to America: 'Don't call me a Czar'
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Americans should not think of him as an autocratic "czar" and praised their openness and creativity, in an interview ahead of a trip to New York.Putin is to meet...
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Geolocating Russian military aircraft in Syria
Over the last week there’s been a great deal of interest in the movement of Russian military equipment and troops to Syria, with images published by AllSource Analysis of al-Assad International Airport...
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Here are all of the Kremlin's military ventures since 1945
From Hungary to Angola to Korea, the Kremlin is no stranger to military interventions abroad. How do Moscow's current military deployments in Syria and Ukraine compare to past...
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Russia and Japan relations are about to get a lot warmer
Relations between Russia and Japan generally run cold, but sometimes broader political and economic considerations cause them to thaw, however slightly.The geopolitical climate currently taking shape...
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