Reuters - A passenger plane carrying 172 passengers from Tehran to Damascus made an emergency landing at the Russian-controlled Hmeimim Air Base in Syria on Thursday to avoid coming under fire from Syrian air defenses, Russia said on Friday. The Syrian forces were responding to Israeli strikes on targets in Syria, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor ...

TASS - The United States smuggles Syrian oil to other countries, the convoys are guarded by US private military companies and special operations forces, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. "Tank trucks guarded by US military servicemen and private military companies smuggle oil from fields in eastern Syria to other countries....

MNA Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov provided further detail of Il-20 incident and put the blame entirely on Israel regime for the tragedy. The Israeli regime's Air Force misled the Russian side by providing wrong information about the area of the planned air strikes in Syria on September 17, thus preventing the Russian ...

Sputnik - On Tuesday night, Russia's Hmeymim Airbase in Syria destroyed two terrorist drones with surface-to-air missiles, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said. "On the 4th of September, at night, the anti-aircraft weapons of Hmeimim Airbase destroyed two terrorist assault UAVs. In total, last month, 47 terrorist unmanned ...

TASS - Major provocations with the alleged use of chemical weapons are planned in Syria with the participation of foreign specialists, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Sunday. "According to the information that the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria received today from the residents of the ...

SANA_ Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the urgent intention of west to allocate financial aid to the Syrian Raqqa suspicious amid their repeated refusals to deliver humanitarian aid to the Syrians affected by the war, considering that it aims to cover tracks of the barbaric bombing of the city by the US-led coalition. Raqqa has not managed ...

Press TV - Russia says it has killed five prominent field commanders of the al-Nusra Front terrorist group, who organized an attack against Russian forces in Syrias western Hama Province earlier this month. Defense Ministry spokesmanMajor General Igor Konashenkovsaid on Wednesday that the terrorist commanders were eliminated ina Russian airstrikeon ...

Press TV - Russia says the Syrian Air Force recently hit a depot used by militants to make and store ammunition, including chemical weapons, in the Arab countrys northeastern Idlib Province. The Russian Defense Ministrys Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov made the announcement on Tuesday, just after the United States and its allies rushed ...

Press TV- Russian operations in Syrias Aleppo allowed for the genuine separation of the so-called moderate opposition and terrorists, says Russias Defense Ministry. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov made the remarks on Saturday while noting that operations by the Russian Reconciliation Center [in Syria] to grant militants ...

Moscow says it has deployed the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system to Syria in a bid to defend Russia'snaval base andvessels. Indeed, the Syrian Arab Republic received an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. This system is designed to ensure the safety of the naval base in [the Syrian city of] Tartus and ships located in the coastal ...

Russia says militants in Syria are exploiting a ceasefire currently underway in the Arab country to launch a wide-scale attack in the city of Aleppo. During the sixth day of the ceasefire... only the Syrian government troops have been actually observing the moratorium on combat operations, said Major General Igor Konashenkov, the Russian Defense ...

Russian aircraft used the Iranian base thrice to hit terrorists in Syria on August 16, 17 and 18 MOSCOW, August 22. /TASS/. The Russian planes that participated in dealing strikes against militants facilities in Syria from the Iranian air base near Hamedan have coped with their tasks and returned to Russia, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov ...

Russia says it is ready to support a proposal by the United Nations for weekly 48-hour ceasefires in Aleppo in a bid to allow humanitarian aid deliveries to the contested northwestern Syrian city. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov announced Moscows position in a statement released on Thursday. We are ready to ...

Russia says it has reached an agreement with the US to improve coordination between their military operationsin Syria where they are backing opposing sides. Russian Defense Ministry spokesmanIgor Konashenkov also rejected on Sunday the Pentagon's accusations that it had deliberately targeted US-backed militantsin Syria. He saidRussia is pushing ...

The Russian Defense Ministry has denied reports that Russian forces delivered airstrikes on April 27 on a hospital in Syrias Aleppo, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Wednesday. HMEYMIM AIRBASE (Syria), (Sputnik) In April, the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that 50 people were killed inan ...

The recently-brokered ceasefire has mostly taken effect on the territory of Syria, aside from limited sporadic violence, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. MOSCOW, March 7 (Sputnik) The ceasefire on the Syrian territory is generally observed, only sporadic provocations and shellings have been noted, a spokesman for the Russian ...

The Russian Defense Ministry has denied any manner of Turkish airspace violation by its jets. "The statements of the Turkish side about the alleged fact of Russian Su-34 jet's violation of (its) airspace are pure propaganda," said Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkovon Saturday. He stressed that There were no violations ...

Russian warplanes have destroyed 20 oil tanker trucks in the Syrian province of Idlib, carrying illegal oil to Turkey, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The Russian Aerospace Forces have also destroyed 6 oil refineries controlled by terrorists in the Syrian provinces of Deir ez-Zor and Aleppo over the past two days, Russian Defense Ministry ...

Alwaght- Russia has conducted its first airstrike against ISIS in Syria on Wednesday as it defied western criticism for joining the fight against terrorism alongside the Syrian government. Maj. Gen Igor Konashenkov said the airstrike pinpointed ISIS targets such as military equipment, communication centers, vehicles and ammunition. Earlier, the ...

Russias Ministry of Defense has described the countrys first airstrikes against the Takfiri Daesh terrorists in Syria as successful. Eight positions of the terrorist group were targeted successfully during the raids, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday following the airstrikes. Ammunition depots, weapons, fuel ...