Syria
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S-300 for Syria: the United Kingdom, France and Israel will no longer be able to fly over Syrian territory
In two weeks time, the Russian Federation will hand over to Syria, S-300anti-air defense batteries, and modern systems for automated control for anti-air command posts. This equipment has until now only been available in the Russian military installations in Syria. Continue reading
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Russia and the Taming of the Israelis By Israel Shamir
Russia’s unexpected decision to supply Syria with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems and to integrate Syria’s air defence within the Russian command calls for a quick reassessment of our views. It turned out that Russia is able to learn and respond in an unanticipated way. Continue reading
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Syria: Bolton Throws Down the Gauntlet By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
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 the Russian side, Moscow has blamed Israel. It has… Continue reading
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Russia will establish an unofficial no-fly zone over Syria
Today Defense Minster Shoigu announced measures which went far beyond what I had hoped for. Continue reading
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Russia Beefs Up Syria’s Air Defenses – Tells “Hotheads” To Cool Down By Moon of Alabama
The Russian Minister of Defense today announced some of the measures to be taken in Syria in response to last weeks destruction of its electronic warfare plane with 15 airmen on board. Yesterday the Russian MoD held Israel responsible for the incident. Continue reading
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Leaked Footage of rehearsal for staged chemical attack, false flag, White Helmets
The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has released a leaked footage of a rehearsal of the White Helmets for the chemical weapons provocation filming. The video describes allegedly a dress rehearsal of the ‘rescue workers’ immediately before the staging of the chemical attack false flag. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 22 September 2018
22 September 2018 — William Bowles France not seeking to isolate Russia, hopes for cooperation — top diplomat http://tass.com/world/1022693 Conservative Rationality, War and Refugees, and Trump’s Spending Priorities https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/09/conservative-rationality-war-and-refugees-and-trumps-spending-priorities/ Continue reading
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Syria news Links 21 September 2018
21 September 2018 — Wlliam Bowles Russian, Norwegian officials discuss return of refugees to Syria http://tass.com/politics/1022664 Continue reading
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Syria News Links 19-20 September 2018
20 September 2018 — William Bowles The United States of America: The Real Reason Why They Are Never Winning Their Wars https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/09/the-united-states-of-america-the-real-reason-why-they-are-never-winning-their-wars/ Continue reading
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Selected Articles: The Downing of Russian Aircraft Over Syria
19 September 2018 — Global Research News Video: Syrian Forces Accidentally Shot Down Russian IL-20 By South Front, September 18, 2018 In the evening of September 17, the Syrian province of Latakia came under a large-scale aerial attack, which targeted a power station as well as two facilities belonging to the Syrian military. There were also reports… Continue reading
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The West Hates Peace in Syria: From De-Escalation to Almost World War III in Just Two Hours By Federico PIERACCINI
On the 17th of September, an important meeting was held in Sochi between Erdogan and Putin to discuss Syria, in particular Idlib. A few hours after the agreement between the two leaders was reached, there was a French-Israeli strike on Syria’s coastal area of Latakia, causing the loss of a Russian Air Force Il-20 aircraft… Continue reading
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Israel’s Failed Attempt to Start WWIII Is the Beginning of the End in Syria By Tom Luongo
There is one thing that Israel fears more than anything else in Syria. The loss of its ability to fly its F-16’s with impunity and hit whatever targets it wants claiming defensive measures to stop Iran, their existential enemy. Continue reading
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White Helmets keep conjuring up chemical weapons provocation in Idlib — diplomat
UNITED NATIONS, September 18. /TASS/. Militants entrenched in Syria and activists of the White Helmets grouping continue conjuring up a provocation in the Idlib zone of de-escalation, the Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya said on Tuesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council that discussed the situation in Syria. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 19 September 2018
19 September 2018 — William Bowles Moscow blames downing of Russian plane near Syria on Israeli “provocation” http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/19/syri-s19.html In the Aftermath of Israeli Attack http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGreanvillePost/~3/I6DSFPjQthw/ Continue reading
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Western demands on Syria By Thierry Meyssan
While on the ground, the war is ending, and only Idlib still needs to be freed from the terrorists, the Western powers are starting trouble all over again. They have just presented their demands to the UN special envoy, Staffan de Mistura. Unsurprisingly, the United States refuse the process led by Russia, for the unique… Continue reading
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Syria News Links 18 September 2018
18 September 2018 16:12 — William Bowles New security system to be established in Idlib — Russian defense chief http://tass.com/defense/1022145 Turkey: Civilians to stay in Idlib, ‘terrorists’ to be removed https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/turkey-civilians-stay-idlib-terrorists-removed-180918112856499.html Continue reading
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Syria – Israel Provocation Kills Russian Soldiers – Moscow Will Take Political Revenge By Moon of Alabama
Yesterday Turkey and Russia agreed on a further de-escalation in Idelb province in Syria. This agreement takes away the chance of an imminent wider war in which the U.S. and some of its allies would use a fake ‘chemical attack’ as a pretext to launch missiles against a large number of Syrian government targets and… Continue reading
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Russian Il-20 downed by Syrian missile after Israeli F-16s used it as cover during attack – MoD
The Russian military says an Israeli raid on Syria triggered a chain of events that led to its Il-20 plane being shot down by a Syrian S-200 surface-to-air missile. Moscow reserves the right to respond accordingly. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 17 September 2018
17 September 2018 20:19 — William Bowles Brave and Crazy: Dilyana Gaytandzhieva discusses her courageous exposés on Western imperial crimes. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGreanvillePost/~3/1RNoo0kBiQw/ Syria war: Russia and Turkey to create buffer zone in Idlib https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45554188 Continue reading
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Idlib: Lull before the hurricane – by Peter Ford
Without fanfare the US has just reformulated its position to create the conditions for it to launch devastating strikes on Syria no longer just on the pretext of alleged use of chemical weapons but on any ‘humanitarian’ pretext the US sees fit. In an interview with the Washington Post on 6 September, James Jeffrey, the… Continue reading
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