U.S., allies demand Russia halt Syria strikes outside IS areas
BEIRUT/MOSCOW - Russia bombed Syria for a third day on Friday, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the Islamic State fighters it said it was targeting and drawing an...
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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama warned Friday that Russia's aggressive military campaign in Syria supporting strongman Bashar al-Assad is a "recipe for disaster," though Washington could still...
View ArticleCall for Russia to focus Syria strikes
Russia has bombed Syria for a third day, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the Islamic State fighters it said it was targeting and drawing an increasingly angry response...
View ArticleRussian jets target main Daesh stronghold in Syria: Report
Russian fighter jets have reportedly bombed the main stronghold of the Takfiri Daesh terror group in Syria’s Raqqa Province, four days into Moscow’s military campaign against terrorists in the Arab...
View ArticleRussia bombs Syria for third day but misses Islamic State targets
Russia bombed Syria for a third day on Friday, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the Islamic State fighters it said it was targeting. Washington, which is leading its own...
View ArticleAllies demand Russia halt Syria strikes outside IS areas
Beirut: Russia bombed Syria for a third day on Friday, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the Islamic State fighters and drawing an increasingly angry response from the...
View ArticleRussian warplanes target insurgents in Syria but not Islamic State
BEIRUT/MOSCOW - Russian jets launched a second day of air strikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting areas held by an insurgent alliance that includes a group linked to al-Qaida, but not the Islamic State...
View ArticleRussia rejects criticism of air strikes in Syria
Russia's foreign minister has defended Russia's military operations in Syria after it came under international criticism during a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York. Addressing the...
View ArticleIran sends troops to help Assad in Syria; Russia hits rebels
Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join a major ground offensive in support of President Bashar Assad’s government, Lebanese sources said on Thursday, a sign that the civil war is...
View ArticleSyria says ready to join 'non-binding' UN peace talks
Syria's foreign minister has said that his country will join UN preliminary peace talks amid fresh air strikes carried out by Russia against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Walid...
View ArticleUS, allies ask Russia to halt strikes outside IS areas in Syria
BEIRUT: Russia bombed targets in Syria for a third day on Friday, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the self-styled Islamic State (IS) it said it was targeting and drawing...
View ArticleOnly five per cent of Russian strikes on Syria target Islamic State: Britain
London: Only one in 20 Russian air strikes in Syria have targeted Islamic State fighters, Britain's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Saturday. British intelligence services observed that five...
View ArticleRussia reports new 'surgical airstrikes' on Daesh positions in Raqqa
Russia’s Defense Ministry has announced a fresh “surgical airstrike” by Russian jet fighters against the positions of the militants of the Daesh terrorist group in Syria , knocking out the battle...
View ArticleSuspected Russian strikes hit near Turkish border
Russian warplanes have launched several air strikes in the Syrian province of Latakia near the Turkish border, including one that reportedly hit near a hospital, activists have told Al Jazeera. No...
View ArticleRussia launches new wave of air raids in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Russian warplanes have attacked the Islamic State group and other insurgents in central and northern Syria with a wave of new airstrikes, Syrian and Russian military officials...
View ArticleRussia strikes ISIS stronghold Raqqa in Syria, US-led coalition warns of...
PARIS: Russia said on Friday it had bombed the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa for the first time as President Vladimir Putin faced mounting criticism from western and Gulf leaders over his military...
View ArticleRussian airstrikes destroy IS command center in Syria: Defense Ministry
MOSCOW, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed Saturday that its latest airstrikes in Syria destroyed a command center of the extremist group Islamic State (IS). "Russian warplanes have...
View ArticleKremlin claims its airstrikes took out major Islamic State base in Syria
A Russian defense official Saturday issued the first detailed report on damage inflicted on the Islamic State group after four days of airstrikes in Syria, claiming that Russian bombers destroyed a...
View ArticleRussian airstrikes hit ISIS stronghold in Syria for first time
Russian jets struck an ISIS stronghold in Syria for the first time Friday — expanding the scope of its air campaign, which previously was aimed at rebel groups opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. But...
View ArticleSyria conflict: Russia air strikes stepped up
Russia has stepped up its campaign of air strikes against opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Moscow said its aircraft had "conducted 18 sorties on 12 positions held by the Islamic State...
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