A senior US State Department official questioned Russian claims that Turkish officials buy large quantities of oil from Islamic State militants. “I do not believe in the existence of smuggling trade between the territories controlled by the Islamic State and Turkey in any ...

Russian aviation struck a vegetable market in the Syrian city of Arikha. At that moment there were civilians there. This information is broadcast by the Al-Jazeera TV channel. From 40 to 60 people died. Dozens were injured. Some media claim that cluster bombers were used in the bombing ...

The Bellingcat research team checked Russian Defense Ministry videos of Russian air strikes in Syria. The project participants came to the conclusion that in the overwhelming majority of cases it is not the Islamic State that is bombed, but other armed groups fighting against the army of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Bellingcat has studied 60 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The meeting took place in Moscow, where Assad arrived on a working visit. As Peskov specified, the presidents discussed issues related to the continuation of the Russian military operation ...

A few days after the start of the Russian military operation in Syria, T-shirts with an appeal to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad went on sale. The clothes bear a print with photographs of airstrikes on militant positions. After the annexation of Crimea by Russia, T-shirts with the image of Putin gained popularity. ...

The task of the operation of the Russian military in Syria is to stabilize the legitimate government in the country. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the air of the TV channel "Russia-1". According to him, after stabilization, conditions must be created to search for a political compromise in Syria. Putin ...