tag Russia-Syria

Iran, Russia, Syria vow to keep up fight until elimination of terror

EghtesadOnline: The defense chiefs of Iran, Russia and Syria have called for closer trilateral cooperation in the battle against terrorism, emphasizing the need to keep up the fight until the eradication of violence and terror threats.
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Publish Date:29/April/2017 | 14:43

Iranian, Syrian, Russian FMs to hold trilateral meeting in Moscow

EghtesadOnline: Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi announced that foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is due to travel to the Russian capital, Moscow on Friday to attend a trilateral meeting with his Russian and Syrian counterparts.
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Publish Date:13/April/2017 | 06:59

Syrian rebels resume withdrawal from last Homs bastion: monitor

EghtesadOnline: Hundreds of rebels left their last bastion in Syria's Homs city on Monday, resuming an evacuation expected to be among the largest of its kind under a Russian-backed deal with the government, state media and a monitor said.
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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 13:41

Russia says has no plans for new military bases in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Russia does not plan to open new military bases in Syria, the defense ministry said on Monday, after the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it had reached a deal with Moscow for a new military base in northwestern Syria.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 22:17

U.S.-allied Kurd militia says struck Syria base deal with Russia

EghtesadOnline: The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Russia was setting up a military base in northwestern Syria under a bilateral agreement and will help train its fighters - a step that would anger Turkey as it tries to block Kurdish gains near its borders.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 21:51

Russia Vetoes UN Sanctions on Syria for Chemical Gas Attacks

EghtesadOnline: Russia used its veto to block a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Syria for the seventh time, rejecting an effort by Western powers to impose sanctions on Bashar al-Assad’s government and military for its use of chemical weapons.
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Publish Date:01/March/2017 | 05:15

One question at U.N. Syria talks: What does Russia want?

EghtesadOnline: The first U.N.-led Syria peace talks in almost a year are in danger of getting lost in procedure, as officials obsess about who will meet whom, but behind the scenes diplomats say it's largely up to Russia to call the tune.
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Publish Date:25/February/2017 | 05:14

Russia halted Syrian army, rebel clash in northern Syria: sources

EghtesadOnline: Russia intervened to halt a clash between Syrian government forces and Turkey-backed Syrian rebels in northern Syria, sources on both sides said on Friday, the first confrontation between them as both sides fight Islamic State in the area.
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Publish Date:10/February/2017 | 24:32

Turkish, Russian aircraft destroy Islamic State targets in Syria: army

EghtesadOnline: Turkish warplanes and artillery have struck Islamic State targets in Syria, killing 22 of the group's militants, while Russian aircraft hit jihadists near the Islamic State-controlled town of al-Bab, Turkey's military said on Monday.
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Publish Date:02/January/2017 | 07:29

Russian jets step up raids on rebel-held Idlib and rural Aleppo

EghtesadOnline: Russian jets stepped up strikes on several towns in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province and rural Aleppo two days after the evacuation of rebels from their last pocket in the northern city of Aleppo, rebels and residents said on Saturday.
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Publish Date:25/December/2016 | 06:47

Russia says Aleppo rebels resumed attacks at dawn

EghtesadOnline: Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday that rebels in the Syrian city of Aleppo had resumed fighting at dawn, but that Syrian government forces had repelled their attacks, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.
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Publish Date:14/December/2016 | 11:03

Syria, Russia pound rebel-held Aleppo but advances halt

EghtesadOnline: Syrian's military and Russian warplanes bombarded rebel-held districts of Aleppo on Saturday as Damascus's allies said victory was near, but insurgents fought back and army advances halted after rapid gains during the week.
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Publish Date:10/December/2016 | 13:52

Kremlin says exit deal for Aleppo rebels still on agenda

EghtesadOnline: The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a potential U.S.-Russia deal to allow Syrian rebels to safely leave Aleppo was still on the agenda, but that no talks were planned between the two countries for now.
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Publish Date:07/December/2016 | 11:58

Aleppo's fall would be win for Russia, defeat for U.S. in Mideast

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed moderate rebels' loss of the eastern half of Syria's largest city Aleppo to Russian-backed government forces would be a defeat for President Barack Obama's efforts to promote democracy and defeat terrorism in the Middle East, U.S. officials conceded on Monday.
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Publish Date:06/December/2016 | 10:10

Putin Says Russia Won’t Give in to ‘Blackmail’ Over Syria

EghtesadOnline: President Vladimir Putin vowed that Russia won’t give in to “blackmail and pressure” over its military offensive in Syria and accused the U.S. and its allies of whipping up “anti-Russian hysteria.”
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Publish Date:13/October/2016 | 08:49