Tag: Aleppo

SYRIAN REGIME BOMBS EASTERN ALEPPO WHILE RUSSIA FOCUSES ITS BLOODY STRIKES ELSEWHERE

Sourced War is Boring By Tom Cooper Air strikes have resumed in war-torn eastern Aleppo. But exactly who is bombing who? Boosters of Russia and Syrian president Bashar Al Assad’s regime — and even Iranian news agencies — tend to attribute the majority of the air strikes to Russia. Western journalists, various NGOs and even diplomats make the same… Continue reading SYRIAN REGIME BOMBS EASTERN ALEPPO WHILE RUSSIA FOCUSES ITS BLOODY STRIKES ELSEWHERE

ARRESTING CABLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSE OF RUSSIAN MiG-29K CRASH

Sourced : Naval Today The recent crash of one of the four new Russian MiG-29K operating from the deck of the Russian Navy’s only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is being blamed on multiple events that combined to force a Russian pilot to eject from the fighter jet that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. According to… Continue reading ARRESTING CABLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSE OF RUSSIAN MiG-29K CRASH

NO TURKISH AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA SINCE 22 OF OCTOBER AFTER THREAT BY THE SYRIAN REGIME

Sourced : Turkish Minute Turkey has halted its airstrikes in Syria because its air force has been unable to carry out aerial campaigns as part of Operation Euphrates Shield since Oct. 22, after the Syrian government activated its air defense systems against the flight of Turkish warplanes in its airspace. According to the Hurriyet Daily… Continue reading NO TURKISH AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA SINCE 22 OF OCTOBER AFTER THREAT BY THE SYRIAN REGIME

CHINESE MILITARY TO PROVIDE “AID AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE” TO SYRIAN GOVERNMENT

Sourced : South China Morning Post The Chinese military will provide aid and training to the Syrian government under a deal reached between a Beijing envoy and Syria’s defence minister in Damascus on Sunday. It is another step in Beijing’s engagement in the Middle East after China named Xie Xiao­yan, former ambassador to Iran, as… Continue reading CHINESE MILITARY TO PROVIDE “AID AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE” TO SYRIAN GOVERNMENT

SYRIA TROOPS REACH AL-RAQQAH PROVINCE, ISIS FIGHRTING ON FOUR FRONTS

By Bassem Mroue Associated Press Syrian troops reached the edge of the northern province of Al-Raqqah on Saturday, home to the de facto capital of the Islamic State group’s self-styled caliphate, in a push that leaves the extremists fighting fierce battles on four fronts in Syria and neighboring Iraq. ISIS, which controls large swaths of… Continue reading SYRIA TROOPS REACH AL-RAQQAH PROVINCE, ISIS FIGHRTING ON FOUR FRONTS

SYRIA CEASE-FIRE BRINGS TURKEY CLOSER TO WAR

Turkish army tanks take up position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 29, 2014. Turkish tanks and armoured vehicles took up positions on hills overlooking the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani on Monday as shelling by Islamic State insurgents intensified and stray fire hit Turkish soil, a Reuters correspondent said. At least 30 tanks and armoured vehicles, some with their guns pointed towards Syrian territory, were positioned near a Turkish military base just northwest of Kobani. Plumes of smoke rose up as shells hit the eastern and western sides of Kobani and sporadic bursts of machinegun fire rang out. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

By Roy Gutman Foreign Policy Secretary of State John Kerry’s agreement with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, billed as an opening to the cessation of hostilities in Syria, turned out to be the starting shot for more intensive Russian bombing of cities and towns, hospitals, and schools in the north of the country. And Russia’s… Continue reading SYRIA CEASE-FIRE BRINGS TURKEY CLOSER TO WAR