UN’s Ban Ki-Moon Condemns Western ‘Assad Must Go’ Demand
Children in Syria Sputnik International reports: The Western demand that Syria’s Assad must step down is irresponsible and has resulted in millions of refugees, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said....
Breaking: ISIS claims downing Russian passenger plane in Sinai (updated)
F1ea1337 on Twitter: Islamic State in Sinai (Wilayah Sinai) officially claim responsibility for shooting down Russian plane [screen capture above]. China Xinhua News reports: Breaking: #IS claims responsibility for...
Free Syrian Army: “We didn’t turn down the offer” of Russian military support
Free Syrian Army soldiers in the Syrian border town of Azaz, north of Aleppo. Photo AP/Turkpix Al Arabiya reports: The Western-backed Free Syrian Army said on Monday it had...
Iraq authorizes Russia to target ISIS convoys coming from Syria
Photo Reuters State-run Turkish press agency Anadolu Agency reports: The Iraqi government authorized Russia to target Daesh [ISIS] convoys coming from Syria, a senior Iraqi official said. The authorization...
Grand Mufti of Syria: 800,000 refugees returned after start of Russian air strikes
Refugees preparing for their return journey to Syria from the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on October 1 2015. Photo UNHCR Lenta reports: In Syria, over 800,000 refugees returned...
Jimmy Carter provided Russia with maps for increased accuracy in ISIS strikes
Smoke rising after air strikes carried out by the Russian air force on an Islamic State base in Idlib province, Syria Photo: REUTERS/Ministry of Defence of Russia The Washington...
US: Assad does not have to leave “tomorrow or the next day”
“They stayed truthful to their promises”: A billboard in Syria showing Assad flanked by Putin and Hezbollah’s Nasrallah. RT reports: Syrian President Bashar Assad “does not have to leave...
Free Syrian Army ‘sharing experience’ with jihadists
In the Aleppo region of Syria, “moderate rebels“ were caught by the Syrian army while trying to flee the battlefield disguised as women. Sputnik International reports: Thirteen members of...
Cartoon: Anti-ISIS performances compared
Left: Stellar performance of the US coalition air force over a year. Right: Modest performance of the Russian air force over a day.
Pepe Escobar: It’s the Russian way or the highway
A Russian nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea. The New Great Game in Eurasia advanced in leaps and bounds last week after Russia fired 26 cruise missiles from the...
AP: France looking to sell new ships to Russia
French President François Hollande visited a shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, where he was received by angry unionists. – AFP AP reports: SAINT-NAZAIRE (AP) — France is looking to sell new...
US Senate hearing discusses using refugees as human shields in Syria
The Al Tanf Refugee camp on the Syrian/Iraqi border. Sott Net reports: […] At a recent US Senate hearing on Russian strategy and military operations, sitting US Senators, retired...
Putin to IMF: Help pay Ukraine’s debt to Russia
France 24 reports: MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin called Tuesday on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lend an additional $3 billion to Ukraine to help the ex-Soviet country...
ISIL now plagued by massive desertion
A destroyed ISIL Toyota truck in Iraq New Eastern Outlook reports: There’s an increasing number of reports stating that after just a week of Russian airstrikes against ISIL (Islamic...
Video: Russia is an aggressor again?!
Of course, one could call this video “Russian propaganda”.
Russia Supplants U.S. in Global War Against Jihadists
by Eric Zuesse A meeting between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman (son of King Salman) ended on early Monday, October 12th. Agence...
One founder of Free Syrian Army found, says ready to meet with Russia and “Syrian regime”
Fahad al-Masri on RT Arabic. The Russian daily Kommersant reports: The head of the International Committee of the Council of the Russia Federation, Konstantin Kosachev, said that Moscow managed...
