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With Russian airstrikes devastating the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, Moscow’s Mi-24 attack helicopters have given the Kremlin a significant advantage. So effective, they’re even impressing Western skeptics. Also known as Hind helicopters, the Mi-24 is capable of traveling up to ...

Mexican journalist Alfredo Jalife-Rahme believes that the success of the Caspian Flotilla’s recent operation to attack ISIL targets in Syria with cruise missiles has demonstrated Russia’s growing ability to challenge the US’s global naval supremacy. In an article for Mexican daily ...

The Islamic State (ISIL) has called on Muslims worldwide to launch jihad against Russian and US citizens.  Islamic State spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani called on the Islamic youth worldwide to start a holy war against Russians and Americans “in their ...

The targets included ISIL command posts, weapon storage facilities, and sites where the group manufactured explosives, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said Tuesday. — Russian aircraft carried out 88 sorties in Syria in 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said ...

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In the wake of US-Russian discussions on preventing accidental collisions between each others’ aircraft while operating in the sky over Syria, the American side issued a special rule, prohibiting US jets from closely approaching Russian planes. Defense representatives of both nations ...

by Ghassan Kadi As the news of the Russian military action in Syria intensifies and takes more rather affirmative steps, the rest of the world cannot help but to look with a mixed bag of emotions all the way from ...

Russian jets have carried out 64 sorties hitting 63 ISIL targets in Syria’s provinces of Hama, Latakia, Idlib, Raqqa over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday. Russian aviation destroyed 53 ISIL strongholds, 1 command center, 4 ...

According to a Syrian Army official, government forces have retaken the town of Baksa with the aid of Russian air support. “The Syrian Army faced steep resistance from well-trained and experienced militants, who previously fought in Afghanistan and Iraq,” General Samir Suleiman, ...

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released video footage showing its nighttime cruise missile strikes from the Caspian Sea against Islamic State targets in Syria. The assembled footage features video and animation of Russian ships launching cruise missile strikes against ...