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Russian presence in Syria
A US soldier sits on an armored vehicle at a newly installed position in Manbij, north Syria, April 4, 2018. (Hussein Malla/AP)
October 16, 2018, 9:48 pm
US said planning targeted economic sanctions to push Iran out of Syria
New Trump administration strategy will deny reconstruction aid to areas hosting Tehran’s forces, sanction Russian and Iranian companies delivering aid, TV report says
By TOI staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow, Russia, October 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
October 3, 2018, 5:30 pm
Putin says all foreign troops should leave Syria after war
Russian president says his country’s forces will also withdraw from the country if asked
By AP and TOI staff
Screen capture from video showing the delivery of Russian S-300 air defense missiles to Syria. (YouTube)
October 3, 2018, 11:52 am
Russia releases video showing delivery of S-300 air defense system to Syria
Footage shows nighttime operation in which rockets and launchers were unloaded from huge transport aircraft at Hmeimim air base
By TOI staff and Agencies
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, August 9, 2017. (AP/Alex Brandon)
October 3, 2018, 12:45 am
US: Russian sale of S-300s to Syria ‘a serious escalation’
Ignoring Israeli protests against providing missile batteries to Damascus, Moscow says it has completed delivery of advanced air defense system
By TOI staff
In this illustrative photo taken on August 27, 2013, a Russian S-300 air defense system is on display at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
October 2, 2018, 9:54 pm
Russia completes delivery of S-300 air defense system to Syria
Ignoring Israeli protests against providing advanced missile batteries to Damascus, Moscow says Syrians will be able to use system in three months
By TOI staff and Agencies
An An-124 100 aircraft photographed in May 2010 at a Moscow Victory Day Parade. (Wikimedia, Sergey Kustov, CC BY-SA 3.0)
October 1, 2018, 8:32 pm
Russia using world’s largest military planes to deliver S-300 system to Syria
Moscow began delivery of the advanced anti-aircraft system over the weekend, despite Israeli objections
By TOI staff and Agencies
In this August 27, 2013, photo, a Russian air defense system missile system Antey 2500, or S-300 VM, is on display at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)
September 29, 2018, 11:23 pm
Israeli official: S-300 delivery to Syria ‘a complex challenge’ for Israel
Senior official says Israel dealing with Moscow’s decision ‘in many ways’; Netanyahu had criticized the move to supply Assad regime with advanced defense system as ‘irresponsible’ 
By TOI staff and Agencies
In this August 27, 2013, photo, a Russian air defense system missile system Antey 2500, or S-300 VM, is on display at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)
September 29, 2018, 12:38 pm
Netanyahu says Russian supply of S-300 missiles to Syria ‘irresponsible’
‘If someone shoots at our planes, we will destroy them,’ PM warns, but also stresses Jerusalem and Moscow are committed to avoiding clashes in ‘very crowded’ skies over Syria
By TOI staff and Agencies
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds a press briefing at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 28, 2018. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP)
September 29, 2018, 1:41 am
Russia says it has started delivery of S-300s to Syria
Announcement by FM Lavrov comes amid crisis in ties with Israel, just days after Moscow said it would supply Assad regime with air-defense system following downing of spy plane
By TOI staff and Agencies
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani,in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
September 27, 2018, 4:29 pm
Iran warns Israel will face ‘sorrow, penitence’ for striking its forces in Syria
Tehran’s national security official’s comments come after IDF targeted arms depots in strike that led to Syria downing Russian plane, crisis in Israel-Russia ties
By AP and TOI staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend an event marking International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day and the anniversary of the complete lifting of the Nazi siege of Leningrad, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow on January 29, 2018. (AFP Photo/Vasily Maximov)
September 25, 2018, 1:13 am
From Russia with love-hate: Israeli ties with Moscow have always been complex
The downing of a spy plane by Syria isn’t the first episode to test the Jerusalem-Moscow relationship, which has also seen periods of closeness
By AFP
Russian fighter jets on the tarmac at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria, February 16, 2016. (AFP/STRINGER)
September 22, 2018, 6:36 pm
Russia to release report on IAF ‘actions’ in downed plane incident in Syria
Defense ministry says it will publish ‘minute-by-minute timeline of the tragedy’; Kremlin spokesman denies Israeli report that Putin not taking Assad’s calls
By TOI staff
A photo provided by the pro-regime Syrian Central Military Media, shows anti-aircraft fire rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense positions and other military bases around Damascus, Syria, on May 10, 2018, after the Israeli military says Iranian forces launched a rocket barrage against Israeli bases on the Golan Heights, in the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
September 21, 2018, 11:49 am
Syria fired missiles for 40 minutes after Israeli strike, hitting Russian plane
Israeli army report finds massive uptick in Syrian anti-aircraft barrages during IDF attacks, as Assad’s forces try to repeat the downing of an IAF F-16 in February
By TOI staff
The Russian Embassy on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv. (Google maps)
September 20, 2018, 1:31 pm
In apparent about-turn, Russian embassy tears into Israel for downing of plane
Diplomatic mission blames ‘irresponsible and unfriendly actions’ of IAF for Syrian air defenses’ deadly targeting of aircraft
By TOI staff
Russian Su-25 ground attack jets prepare to land after return from Syria at a Russian air base in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, southern Russia, on March 16, 2016. (Olga Balashova/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
September 20, 2018, 11:07 am
Russia said to constrict Cyprus airspace and waters as it boosts Syria activity
Cypriot paper reports difficulties faced by local air and sea traffic in wake of Russian plane’s downing near Latakia, as Moscow announces increased operations for coming week
By TOI staff
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