Russia Syria

• UN chemical weapons watchdog criticizes Syria for failing to declare production facility

  Russia accused the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of conducting a "political crusade" against its close ally, the Syrian government.

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  Dec 12, 2020
  
• Syrian forces move into strategic town as Turkey vows to keep hammering Assad’s troops

  Already hosting 3.6 million Syrian refugees, Ankara is determined to prevent any further influx of migrants from Syria.

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  Mar 2, 2020
  
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• Russian forces deploy on Syrian border as Trump calls Turkish ceasefire ‘permanent’

  The balance of power in Syria's eight year-long bloody civil war has shifted significantly in dizzying twists and turns since Trump withdrew U.S. special forces on Oct. 6.

  Oct 23, 2019
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• Kremlin rejects Trump’s criticism on Syria, says military action in Idlib is justified

  The assault has raised fears of a humanitarian crisis as Syrians displaced by the fighting seek shelter at the Turkish border.

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  Jun 3, 2019
• Russia says Israeli airstrike on Syria threatened civilian flights

  The Russian military on Wednesday criticized an alleged Israeli airstrike near the Syrian capital, saying it has endangered civilian flights.

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  Dec 26, 2018
• Russia adding modern missile defence systems in Syria after friendly fire incident

  Russia announced Monday it will supply Syria's government with more modern, S-300 missile defence systems after last week's downing of a Russian plane by Syria, a friendly fire incident that sent regional tensions over the war-torn country soaring.

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  Sep 24, 2018
• Russian military plane disappears over Syria, U.S. official says Syrians shot it by error

  Russia's defense ministry said it had lost contact with an IL-20 aircraft with 14 servicemen on board near Syria's Hmeimim airbase, Syrian state-run Ikhbariya TV reported late on Monday.

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  Sep 17, 2018
• Russian and Syrian airstrikes hit Idlib, Syria after failed ceasefire summit

  The strikes hit Idlib, the last major stronghold of active opposition to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

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  Sep 8, 2018
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• Russia dismisses Trump’s warning about attacking Idlib, Syria

  The Kremlin dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning to Syria not to launch an offensive in the rebel-held enclave of Idlib, saying that the area was a “nest of terrorism.”

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  Sep 4, 2018
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• Syria’s Assad says White Helmets are terrorists, will be killed if they don’t surrender

  Hundreds of members of the White Helmets group were evacuated out of Syria by the Israeli military last week, with around 50 of them expected to be resettled in Canada. 

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  Jul 26, 2018