Syria

S-300 vs. F-35: Stealth and Invincible Are Not Exactly Synonyms

By Andrei AKULOV | Strategic Culture Foundation | 10.10.2018 How effective is the S-300 PMU-2 “Favorit” that Russia has just delivered to Syria? Especially when employed against the F-35 stealth fighters that Israel intends to make more use of when attacking targets in Syria? Who has the edge? This is truly a hot topic for the press […]

Netanyahu wants to redraw map in the Golan, Russia says – go to the UNSC

RT | October 10, 2018 Recognizing the illegally-annexed Golan Heights as part of Israel would be a violation of UN Security Council resolutions, Russia’s foreign minister has said, in an apparent rebuke to an appeal made by Israel’s prime minister. Changing the status of the Golan Heights would be a “direct violation” of United Nations […]

Syrian President Assad grants amnesty to army deserters

RT | October 9, 2018 Syrian President Bashar Assad has granted general amnesty to army deserters both within Syria and those outside the country. A decree published by state media on Tuesday says the amnesty doesn’t include “criminals” and those on the run unless they turn themselves in to authorities. Deserters in Syria have four […]

Syrian Rebels Withdraw Heavy Weaponry From Idlib Frontline

Rebel groups, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, have removed artillery along the agreed demilitarised zone in Syria’s Idlib. (MEE) — Syrian rebels completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the frontline in Idlib on Monday, under a deal between Russia and Turkey to create a demilitarised zone, the state-owned Anadolu news agency said. The development comes ahead of […]