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Russia: We are going after ISIS and a 'list' of Syrian rebel groups
Russian jets carried out a second day of strikes in Syria Thursday, and some activists claimed that the targets included rebels backed by the United States.Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov...
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Syrian rebel commander: Russian air strikes hit CIA-trained rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two Russian air strikes in Syria on Thursday hit a training camp operated by rebel group that received military training from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Qatar and...
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Putin's spokesman explained the Syria bombing campaign in a sentence
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman has given an explanation for how the government is deciding where it conducts airstrikes in Syria.Dmitry Peskov said Russia was targeting ISIS and "other...
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Russia just released its first gun camera footage from airstrikes in Syria
Russia's defence ministry said Russian jets launched a second day of air strikes in Syria on Thursday (October 1).Russia said it had launched eight air strikes with Sukhoi warplanes overnight, hitting...
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REALITY CHECK: Russian bombing in Syria is actually helping ISIS
Russia began carrying out unilateral airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday against targets it said were Islamic State-affiliated rebels.In reality, the rebels Russia targeted were among various movements...
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The map of Russian airstrikes in Syria say a lot about Putin's intentions
An area of over six square kilometers ignited all of a sudden. The whole region was ablaze in seconds.Kafranbel-based Raed Fares said he has seen the town being bombed by the Syrian regime before.“But...
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Russia's moves in Syria have the Obama administration confused
Now, 1,506 days since the Obama administration first declared that Syrian President Bashar Assad's "days are numbered," he's still there, and a convergence of Western trepidation and Russian resolve...
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Obama is making a habit of getting 'caught off guard'
“Caught off guard.”Those three words have come to define the Obama presidency.We were “caught off guard” by the Taliban takeover of Kunduz, says The New York Times.We were “caught off guard” by...
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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...
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International monitors say they have spotted a deadly new Russian rocket...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - International monitors say they have spotted a new kind of Russian weapons system in rebel-held Ukraine this week, possible evidence of Moscow's continued interest in Ukraine even as...
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Russia 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,...
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Deadly Russian rocket system spotted in Ukraine for first time
International monitors say they have spotted a new kind of Russian weapons system in rebel-held Ukraine this week, possible evidence of Moscow's continued interest in Ukraine even as it focuses on...
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'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...
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Marco 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...
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Here'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...
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'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...
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Here'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...
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Here’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...
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A 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...
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Republican 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...
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