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Russian forces at Syrian air base repel drone attack by militants
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Feb 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian military forces at Hmeimim air base in Syria have repelled two drone attacks carried out by militants, the head of the Russian Defence Ministry's reconciliation center, Maj. Gen. Yuri Borenkov, said on Monday.
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Al-Nusra Front planning to strike Idlib in Syria: Russia
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 26 (ANI): Russia's Defence Ministry on Tuesday said that terrorists belonging to the Al-Nusra Front, also described as al-Qaeda in Syria, are planning a joint operation with the White Helmets organisation or Syria Civil Defence forces of launching airstrikes and use of
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Long-missing Maldivian journalist killed by former al-Qaeda affiliate, fin
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 2 (ANI): A Maldivian journalist reported missing since 2014 has been killed by former al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front, a government-appointed commission of inquiry said on Sunday, thereby publicly acknowledging the group's presence in the Island country for the firs
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Russian warplanes hit Nusra front positions, confirms Defence Ministry
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sep 5 (ANI): Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov has confirmed that their warplanes have hit two terrorist drones, belonging to Nusra Front, in Syria's Idlib Province.
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UNSC to vote on 30-day ceasefire in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], Feb 23 (ANI): A day after Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on the situation in Syria's conflicting region of Eastern Ghouta, the council will on Friday vote on the decree calling for a 30-day ceasefire in the war-torn nation, and allowing hum
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Syrian Army recaptures town on Lebanese-Syrian border from al-Nusra Terror
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], July 28 (ANI):The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and the Syrian army jointly won the battle against al-Nusra Front and re-captured the mountainous area around the town of Fleita region of Jaroud Arsal near the Lebanese-Syrian border.
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Hezbollah, Syrian Army conduct operation to flush out terrorists from Leb
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], July 21 (ANI): The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched a joint operation on Friday in which terrorists of the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, the former Syrian branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Nusra Front, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also
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Obama, Putin say committed military cooperation in Syria, defeating IS
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington, July 7 (ANI): President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have confirmed their readiness to increase military cooperation in Syria and their commitment to defeating the ISIL and the Nusra Front, an al Qaeda's affiliate, there.
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