The 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 ArticleThe intense toast between Obama and Putin in New York
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin were in New York City Monday to address the annual UN General Assembly.And the two world leaders shared a lunch together at UN...
View ArticleThe incredible story of the man who volunteered to enter Auschwitz and...
In the early days of World War II, most of the world was unaware of the horrors occurring inside Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz camp — until Polish army captain Witold Pilecki volunteered to figure out the...
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...
View ArticleInteresting video shows Russian planes (with Red Star painted over) at work...
The following exclusive video by RT brings you inside al-Assad International Airport, near Latakia, where Russian Air Force contingent, currently made of 36 combat planes, is based.The footage is...
View ArticleHow this Russian spacecraft sparked a revolution for space travel as we know it
Exactly 58 years ago, the former Soviet Union shocked the world by launching the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit.Awe-struck American officials listened in fear as Sputnik barreled through...
View ArticlePutin created 'new rules of the game' in Syria
On Wednesday, Russia began bombing Syrian rebels in a major escalation of the 54-month war that has the US searching for answers.The bombing campaign, which apparently targeted rebels unaffiliated with...
View ArticleRussia has spent at least $87 million in the first two weeks of its bombing...
Rough estimates suggest that Moscow has spent at least $87 million for air and cruise-missile strikes in the first two weeks of its bombing campaign in Syria that began September 30.With that...
View ArticleUK government denies reports that RAF pilots have been given the green light...
Editor's note: The original version of this report based on a Sunday Times article states that Royal Air Force pilots have been given the green light to shoot down Russian jets in Syria and Iraq if...
View ArticleKurds ally with Syrian Arabs, say that US arms are on the way
A Kurdish militia in northern Syria has joined forces with Arab rebels, and their new alliance has been promised fresh weapon supplies by the United States for an assault on Islamic State forces in...
View ArticleNew satellite imagery confirms that Russia produced fake MH17 evidence
In Bellingcat's May 31 report, "Forensic Analysis of Satellite Images Released by the Russian Ministry of Defense," the Bellingcat investigation highlighted a number of discrepancies between the...
View ArticleInvestigators will soon release their final report on the downing of Malaysia...
The Hague (AFP) - Dutch-led air crash investigators Tuesday release their final report into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine, in a move likely to worsen...
View ArticleA top Chinese paper says the US and Russia are playing a Cold War game in Syria
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top newspaper on Tuesday accused both the United States and Russia of replaying their Cold War rivalry by engaging in military action in Syria, saying they needed to realize...
View ArticleSyria's al-Qaeda affiliate has called on jihadists in the Caucasus to attack...
Beirut (AFP) - The head of Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate has called on jihadists in the Caucasus to attack Russian civilians and soldiers in retaliation for Moscow's air strikes in Syria."If the Russian...
View ArticleNo, the Turkish Air Force didn't shoot down a Russian aircraft near the...
In the last few days, several media outlets have reported the news that a Russian aircraft deployed to Syria to take part in the air war against the Islamic State was shot down by the Turkish Air...
View ArticleRussia says the shelling of its embassy in Damascus was an 'obvious act of...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday Moscow considered the shelling of its embassy in Damascus as a terrorist act, RIA news agency reported on Tuesday."This is an...
View ArticleSyria 'is edging closer to an all-out proxy war between the United States and...
Since the beginning of 2013, the CIA has attempted to train and supply the moderate rebels in the fight against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with enough arms and ammunition to keep the rebellion...
View ArticleInvestigators: MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile fired from a...
GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands — Air-crash investigators have concluded that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, sources close to the inquiry said...
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