The Russian Navy hit a number of ISIL targets at the area of Syria’s Palmyra with Kalibr cruise missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. It is noted that the strikes targeted militant hideouts east of Palmyra housing heavy equipment and militant manpower transferred from Raqqa, ISIL’s stronghold in northern ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed on Tuesday any suggestion that the Syrian government was behind a chemical attack that killed scores of people in Idlib province in April. “According to our information, there is no proof that chemical weapons were used by (President Bashar) Assad. We are convinced that he ...