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Topic: Syria-Russia relations

May 31, 2013
5:51 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (photo credit: AP/ Maxim Shipenkov)

PM indicated to Putin: ‘We’ll destroy your missiles if you deliver them to Assad’

After Netanyahu made clear he would not allow the S-300 anti-aircraft weapons to go into service, the Russian president reportedly suggested Israel buy them instead

By Times of Israel staff

May 31, 2013
9:59 am

A Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system on display in an undisclosed location in Russia (photo credit: AP)

Russian media: No S-300 missiles sent to Syria

One Moscow report claims delivery of advanced weapons postponed until late 2014; Lebanese paper: Israel thwarted deal by threatening war

By Yoel Goldman and Stuart Winer

May 17, 2013
4:09 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extends his hand to German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle during a press conference after a meeting in Jerusalem, Friday, 17 May (photo credit: Emil Salman/Flash90)

PM: I will go anywhere, meet anyone to protect Israelis

FM Guido Westerwelle pledges Germany’s support for restarting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

By Yoel Goldman

May 17, 2013
2:05 pm

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (photo credit: CC BY-SA Christliches Medienmagazin/Wikimedia Commons)

German FM sees ‘window of opportunity’ in peace process

Regarding Syria, Guido Westerwelle says Israel has a right to defend itself

By Yoel Goldman

May 17, 2013
10:23 am

Illustrative photo of the Russian warship Varyag (photo credit: CC BY-randychiu, Flickr)

Russia sends at least 12 warships to Syria

Deployment presumably a warning to Israeli and Western officials regarding military intervention against Assad

By Times of Israel staff

May 17, 2013
6:45 am

A Yakhont missile at a Russian air show in 1997 (photo credit: CC BY-SA, JNO, Wikimedia Commons)

Russia sends more advanced missiles to aid Assad in Syria

From the web NY Times: New antiship weapons could help regime counter international forces seeking to impose a naval embargo, establish a no-fly zone or carry out limited airstrikes

April 30, 2013
12:09 am

An illustrative photo of a plane preparing to land. (photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash 90)

Missiles said fired at Russian plane over Syria

From the web Projectiles explode near carrier with about 160 passengers, Russia Today reports

March 14, 2013
9:22 pm

French President Francois Hollande speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit Brussels on Thursday, March 14, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Virginia Mayo)

After UK, France ready to arm Syrian rebels

President insists insurgents are fighting on an uneven battlefield, as Russia and others are arming Bashar Assad’s forces

January 23, 2013
4:50 am

A Russian woman and her children seen shortly after crossing the border from Syria into Lebanon on Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)

Russian evacuees from Syria land in Moscow

Airlift of 77 people, mainly women and children, may signal the beginning of a dangerous rescue operation

December 27, 2012
1:38 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (photo credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian FM meets Syrian envoy in improbable attempt to revive peace plan

Moscow, Assad’s strongest backer throughout the conflict, now appears resigned to dictator’s ouster

December 24, 2012
12:44 pm

A Syrian rebel checks an anti-aircraft weapon, in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria, on Monday, Dec. 14 (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)

Russians manning Syrian air defenses, complicating possible Western intervention

From the web The Guardian: Advisers manning new surface to air system supplied to Assad from Moscow during civil war

December 20, 2012
4:27 pm

Russia Putin_Horo

Putin calls for ‘change,’ compromise in Syria

‘What happens next’ more important than the fate of the Assad regime, Russian president says

December 14, 2012
4:25 pm

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow in April 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Russia backtracks on statement about Assad’s looming fall

Moscow claims official was merely characterizing the opinion of the Syrian opposition

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

November 24, 2012
1:58 am

An illustrative photo of a Patriot missile system (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Darkone/Wikimedia Commons)

Russia condemns NATO’s decision to place Patriot missiles along Syrian-Turkish border

NATO Secretary General says deployment is for protection only

By Michal Shmulovich

November 10, 2012
1:37 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (photo credit: Sergei Karpukhin/AP)

Congress to vote next week on removing Cold War-era trade restrictions with Russia

Bill to be combined with human rights component to make it more palatable, given Moscow’s crackdown on dissidents and record on Syria

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