Syria

Syria: Bolton Throws Down the Gauntlet

By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR | Strategic Culture Foundation | 25.09.2018 A terrible beauty was born last night with the sequence of dramatic events taking a curious turn, following the shooting down of the Russian plane on September 17 near the coastline of Latakia, Syria, killing fifteen personnel on board the aircraft. After a meticulous investigation by […]

Damascus Trade Fair and Festival of the Cross Mark the Return of Peace to Much of Syria

A Maaloula fire spinner during the annual September Festival of the Holy Cross in Maaloula, Syria. Eva Bartlett | In Gaza
Eva Bartlett attends the Damascus International Trade fair and the annual Maaloula Festival of the Cross to see how Syrians in areas liberated from jihadi rule are defiantly celebrating their new found freedoms.
September 24, 2018, Mint Press News

Russia will establish an unofficial no-fly zone over Syria

The Saker | September 24, 2018 Today Defense Minster Shoigu announced measures which went far beyond what I had hoped for. Specifically, Shoigu has announced that Russia will Supply S-300 air defense systems (with a 250km range) to the Syrians in the next two weeks. Russia will deliver advanced automated air defense management systems which […]

Russian S-300 Air Defense System May Make Syria “Untouchable,” But Israel Seems Ready to Test It

MOSCOW —  After the Russian Ministry of Defense held the Israel Air Force solely responsible for the recent downing of a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane in Syria, Russia has announced that it will move forward with a long-standing Syrian government request for more advanced air defense systems, namely the Russian-made S-300. Syria purchased the S-300 in 2013 but, at the request of Israel, the system was never delivered.