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Russia's most embarrassing military failures
There are some projects that the Kremlin would love us to forget.The Russian military has long been a bogeyman for the West, with Cold War memories lingering even after the fall of the Soviet...
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Syrian Mig-29 fighter jets escorted those 28 Russian combat aircraft that...
A US official who spoke with Fox News has just confirmed what we reported with plenty of details on Thursday: The 28 Russian Sukhoi jets hid under radar signature of cargo planes and made a stopover in...
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We now know more about Russian forces in Syria
Since publishing the most recent imagery of the Bassel al Assad air base in Syria on Sept. 20, Stratfor has been working with the imagery analysts at AllSource Analysis to obtain higher-resolution...
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Russia is changing Turkey's calculus in Syria
Russia’s recent deployment of aircraft and military equipment in Syria runs counter to Turkey’s efforts to unseat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The introduction of Russian aircraft and...
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One US option in Syria: Let Putin bleed
Early September brought the news that the Russians were deploying military forces to Bassel al-Assad International Airport near Latakia on the Syrian coast.The Aviationist website recentlyreproduced...
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Russia is moving into the eastern Mediterranean for naval exercises
As Moscow continues to escalate its military presence in Syria, Russia is also sending a major contingent of ships from its Black Sea Fleet to the eastern Mediterranean for military exercises.The...
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Russian natural gas exports are back up, despite the 'sanction spiral'
The infamous “sanction spiral” imposed on Russia by the US and Europe with such fanfare last year in the wake of the Ukrainian fiasco has receded from Western headlines.In Russia, it coagulated with...
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These are the attack planes Russia is sending to Syria
Earlier this month, four Russian Su-30M attack planes popped up at the Bassel al Assad air base near the Syrian city of Latakia, intelligence firm STRATFOR reports.The Su-30Ms, which were originally...
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'It's classic Putin': Russia's big move in the Middle East goes beyond Syria
Russian, Syrian, and Iranian military advisers are building a coordination cell in Baghdad in an effort to bolster the Iranian-backed Shia militias fighting the Islamic State in northern Iraq, Western...
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Report: Iran to buy $21 billion in Russian space equipment and aircraft
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran has signed contracts worth $21 billion to buy satellite equipment and aircraft from Russia, Manouchehr Manteghi, the managing director of Iran Aviation Industries Organization,...
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Here's what happens when an RPG is fired at 16 inches of bulletproof glass
A video uploaded to YouTube earlier this week purportedly shows what happens when a Russian RPG-7 (rocket-propelled grenade) is fired at 45 sheets of bulletproof glass, measuring about 16 inches...
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Putin called the king of Saudi Arabia to discuss the Syrian conflict
Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Saudi Arabia's King Salman about finding a solution to the Syria crisis on Saturday, just two days before he is due to address the UN on the...
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Putin: US support for Syria rebels is illegal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded U.S. support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal and ineffective, saying U.S.-trained rebels were leaving to join Islamic State...
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Russia and Iran have announced a new coalition to defend Syrian President...
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Russia and Iran announced a new coalition to defend Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad and defeat the Islamic State on Sunday, handing him a dramatic victory ahead...
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Putin is heading for a showdown with Obama over Syria
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin squared up for a clash Monday with his US counterpart Barack Obama at the United Nations as the Kremlin leader pushes for a new...
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Russia is seizing the initiative in Syria as the US scrambles for answers
Russia appeared to seize the initiative in international efforts to end the conflict in Syria on Sunday as Washington scrambled to devise a new strategy for the war-ravaged country and France sent...
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'How can I be a gangster if I worked for the KGB?'
Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview that aired Sunday, dismissed a US presidential candidate's accusation that he was a "gangster.""How can I be a gangster if I...
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Putin is ushering in a new era of geopolitics
The deployment of Russian military forces to Syria is a major geostrategic inflection.Its significance goes far beyond the situation in Syria. It may well herald, in fact, a new era in global...
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Here's what the Syrian war looks like from Damascus, Turkey, and the ISIS de...
The following three views provide unique perspectives into how the Syrian regime, the U.S. and Turkey, and the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) perceive the battlefield. The regime viewpoint,...
View ArticleWhy Putin is the most powerful man in the world
Ian Bremmer tells us what makes Russian President Vladimir Putin so powerful. Bremmer serves as president of Eurasia Group and is the author of the book "Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role in...
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