- 16:20 09/08/2013
Russia has postponed the delivery of a batch of S-300 missile defense systems to Syria, despite having received advance payment, a prominent Russian newspaper reported Friday.
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- 10:28 09/08/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 22:58 07/08/2013
A bipartisan group of 12 US senators has signed a letter urging the Pentagon to cancel its recently announced $572 million contract to purchase 30 Russian helicopters for use in Afghanistan.3
- 23:18 06/08/2013
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated on Tuesday that Moscow does not support certain groups in the Syrian conflict but wants to prevent the Arab nation from turning into another “hotbed of terrorism.”
- 19:23 01/08/2013
North Caucasus Islamists looking to join the holy war should do so in Russia and not in Syria, possibly targeting the Sochi Olympics, according to a video message attributed to a Syrian jihadist warlord.
- 10:13 27/07/2013
Syrian opposition leaders appealed to Russia to stop its support for Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime as the country’s rebel leaders met with the UN Security Council for the first time to discuss the situation in the country plagued by a two-year war.2
- 03:56 26/07/2013
The forthcoming informal meeting of UN Security Council members with the Syrian National Coalition should not be viewed as the opposition group’s recognition “in any official role,” Russia’s UN envoy said on Thursday.
- 07:58 25/07/2013
Russian ships in the Mediterranean help to transfer Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon’s Beirut directly to Syria, Turkish Hurriyet Daily News cited a top Syrian opposition military commander as saying.
- 20:13 23/07/2013
Rebel forces seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad hope to receive arms from the United States as early as next month after two key US congressional committees approved the weapons shipments, according to media reports.
- 04:50 23/07/2013
The US forces could carry out a variety of missions to support Syrian rebels in their fight against Bashar Assad’s regime, but most of these missions would bear high cost and risk of retaliation, the United States’ top military officer said.
- 22:54 09/07/2013
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations told reporters on Tuesday that Syrian rebels had likely used sarin nerve gas in a deadly attack near Aleppo in March.
- 21:57 01/07/2013
Islamic militants, battle-hardened in Syria, were behind two terrorist attacks that left dozens dead in a northwest Chinese province, in which separatists have wanted to establish a sovereign state of “East Turkestan,” a Chinese news agency reported Monday.
- 21:05 28/06/2013
The Special US Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction reportedly urged the Pentagon on Friday to put on hold its $553 million arms deal with Russia for helicopters for the Afghan Special Mission Wing until the unit is fully recruited and properly trained.2
- 23:54 27/06/2013
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday prolonged the presence of a UN peacekeeping force in the disputed Golan Heights region between Syria and Israel for another six months, the UN reported on its website.
- 07:45 25/06/2013
Two high-ranking Russian diplomats will hold talks with representatives of Syria's opposition in Geneva on Tuesday, one of the diplomats said Monday.
- 16:37 24/06/2013
Moscow on Monday strongly condemned the decision by Western and Arab nations in the Friends of Syria group to supply weapons to the rebel forces fighting the Bashar Assad regime in Syria.
- 21:56 22/06/2013
Western and Arab nations in the Friends of Syria group agreed on Saturday to supply weapons to the rebel forces fighting the Bashar Assad regime in Syria and to channel it through a unified command system.4
- 11:09 20/06/2013
Russia has manufactured several Yak-130 combat trainer jets for Syria as part of a deal signed in 2011, but no final decision on delivery has yet been made, a Russian official source said on Thursday.
- 11:55 18/06/2013
Iran has no plans to send troops to aid Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces in the ongoing civil war there, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, rejecting media reports claiming Tehran was set to intervene directly in the fighting.
