Category: Conflict

Source: Ekathimerini Turkey is planning to increase its military presence but will not be opening a base in the occupied north of Cyprus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. “We will not decrease the number of our soldiers there but on the contrary, we will increase them,” Erdogan told reporters on en route… Continue reading ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY TO INCREASE MILITARY TROOPS IN NORTH OF CYPRUS

By Barbara Starr, Ryan Browne and Nathan Hodge, CNN Syria inadvertently shot down a Russian military plane after an Israeli attack on Syrian positions, killing 15 people on board, Moscow said. The Russian military said Tuesday that the Russian maritime patrol aircraft was shot by by Syrian regime anti-aircraft artillery amid the Israeli attack on… Continue reading SYRIA ACCIDENTLY SHOT DOWN A RUSSIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT

Source: Proto Thema Turkey’s military has sent its most significant batch of reinforcements to the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib in weeks, reports said Monday, as Ankara seeks to prevent a Moscow-backed assault by forces of President Bashar al-Assad. The reports came as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepared to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin… Continue reading TURKEY SENDS MILITARY REINFORCEMENTS TO IDLIB PROVINCE IN SYRIA

Source: Al Arabiya Turkey hopes a summit with Iranian and Russian leaders in Tehran on Friday will avert a Syrian government offensive on the rebel-held Idlib enclave and prevent a new influx of refugees to Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying. Russia, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, resumed air strikes against… Continue reading ERDOGAN HOPES TEHRAN SUMMIT WILL AVERT IDLIB SURIAN-RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE

Source: BNO News British prosecutors have charged two Russians with attempted murder in the Novichok poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, officials said on Wednesday. An international arrest warrant has been issued. The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement that prosecutors have concluded that there is “sufficient evidence” to charge… Continue reading UK CHARGES TWO RUSSIA MEN IN NERVE AGENT POISONING OF FORMER SPY

Source: Al Masdar News The Syrian and Russian  air forces have resumed their airstrikes over the southwestern countryside of the Idlib Governorate today. Using their Sukhoi jets, the Syrian and Russian air forces heavily bombarded the Jisr Al-Shughour District for the second straight day. According to a field report, the Syrian and Russian air forces… Continue reading SYRIAN RUSSIAN JETS SWARM SOUTHWEST IDLIB

Source: Reuters By Khalil Ashawi In a part of northern Syria that Turkey’s army helped rebels capture in 2016, the plunge in value of the Turkish lira has hit shopkeepers, medical charities and fighters paid in the currency hard. Turkey has turned from its military role in the rebel-held strip in Syria, that runs along… Continue reading FALLING TURKISH LIRA HITS SYRIAN ENCLAVE BACKED BY TURKEY

Source: The Atlantic By Neil Haue In Russia, journalism is far from the safest profession—even more so when the subject of investigation happens to be a private mercenary army engaged in multiple active conflicts abroad. On July 30, three Russian journalists were killed in the Central African Republic (CAR) while investigating a particularly dangerous topic:… Continue reading RUSSIA’S FAVORITE MERCENERIES

Source: Navy Recognition The Black Sea Fleet’s Project 11356 guided missiles frigates Admiral Grigorovich (hull number 494) and Admiral Essen (hull number 490) have made a scheduled passage from Sevastopol to the Mediterranean Sea, the Southern Military District press-service reports.eports. During the voyage the ships performed a set of operational exercises at the Black Sea… Continue reading RUSSIAN REINFORCES ITS NAVAL TASK GROUP IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WITH 10 WARSHIPS AND 2 SUBS

Source: Defence World Iran and Syria have signed an agreement on defense and technical cooperation during a visit by Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami to Damascus. At Damascus’ request, Tehran has been providing military advisory support to the Syrian military fighting foreign-backed terrorism and militancy since 2011. The Islamic Republic says it will maintain the… Continue reading IRAN SYRIA SIGN DEFENCE TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT