Sputnik - An ex-chief of the Russian upper house's defense and security committee has claimed that Russia would continue to fulfill its obligations to Iran under the program of arms deliveries. MOSCOW (Sputnik) The possible abandoning byUS President Donald Trumpofa nuclear deal withIran will not affect Russia's implementation ofthe program ...

Sputnik News- On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have been killed as a result of a Russian airstrike south of Raqqa in late May. The Daesh leader may have been alongside other leaders of the extremist group and 330 terrorists killed in the airstrike. "As a result of the Su-35 and Su-34 ...

Press TV - A senior Russian official says Moscow would not hesitate to supply the Damascus government with the air defense missile systems it needs to protect war-ravaged Syria against any future foreign military aggression once a bilateral agreement is struck. The necessary quantity [of air defense systems] can be supplied ona priority basis....

IRNA The Defense and Security Committee of the Russian Federation Council (Senate) is to send a delegation to Iran on March 1 for an official visit. Russian Senate's Defense Committee Chair, Viktor Ozerov, said the Russian delegation will meet officials of Iran's ministries of foreign affairs and defense during their six-day stay (March 1-6)....

Vestnik Kavkaza- Head of the Russia Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Ozerov said that Russian delegation is going to visit Syria in the framework of spring session. "We plan to visit Syria.We haven't decided yet whether we will only visit our troops or will also come to Damascus and meet with fellow Syrian parliamentarians,...

Sputnik News- Russia could use Iran's Hamadan airbase in case the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier used for anti-terror strikes in Syria moves away from the Syrian borders for a new mission, the Russian upper house of parliament's defense committee chair said Saturday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Earlier in the day, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan ...

Sputnik News- Russia and Iran may restart negotiations on the use of the Hamadan airbase in western Iran when needed, Russian upper house of parliament's defense committee chair Viktor Ozerov said Monday. TEHRAN (Sputnik) Iran allowed Russia's Aerospace Forces to operate from the base in the mountainous western Hamadan province in mid-August. The ...