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On 30 September 2015, Russia launched a military intervention in Syria after a request by the government of Bashar al-Assad for military support in its fight against the Syrian opposition and Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian civil war. [ 155 ][ 156 ] The intervention was kick-started by extensive air strikes across Syria, focused on attacking ...
As of spring 2019, there have been 116 officially confirmed Russian Armed Forces fatalities in the war. [9] Also, two investigative groups, Fontanka and the Moscow-based Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), reported a conservative estimate of at least 73–101 private military contractors (PMCs) being killed between October 2015 and mid-December ...
v. t. e. Russia has supported the administration of incumbent President Bashar al-Assad of Syria since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011: politically, with military aid, and (since September 2015) with direct military involvement. The 2015 deployment to Syria marked the first time since the end of the Cold War in 1991 that Russia ...
Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drone aircraft over Syria on Wednesday, setting off flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers to take evasive maneuvers, the Air Force said.
August 9, 2024 at 6:09 PM. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. troops in northeastern Syria were attacked by a drone, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, although there were no injuries according to ...
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine has chalked up a string of victories more than a week since blindsiding Russia with a lightning cross-border assault, but the risks are piling up as its troops make plans ...
Southern Syria protests (2023–present) 2023–2024 southern Syria protests. Part of the Syrian civil war. Date. 17 August 2023 [ 1] – present. Location. Mainly As-Suwaida and Daraa regions, with minor anti-government protests across Syria [ 2] Caused by. Totalitarian rule of Bashar al-Assad, economic crisis, corruption, high inflation and ...
August 15, 2024 at 2:14 PM. A partnership between Russia and Iran is allegedly deepening, according to the Pentagon. In a press conference on Thursday, Deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina ...