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Syria to Receive 9 Yak-130 Jet Trainers by End of Year
2014-05-09 Read More...
Russia plans to send the initial batch of the Yakovlev Yak-130 jet trainers to Syria until the end of 2014, with further plans to fully complete the contract for 36 aircraft in 2016, the Kommersant newspaper wrote Monday, citing a source close to

Syrian Army Seizes Strategic City of Yabrud
2014-03-17 Read More...
Syrian troops on Sunday seized full control of the rebel bastion Yabrud in the strategic Qalamun region near the Lebanese border, Syrian state media

Syria Shipped Out a Third of its Chemical Weapons
2014-03-12 Read More...
Syria has shipped out about a third of its chemical weapons stockpile, including mustard gas, for destruction abroad, the global chemical arms watchdog said earlier this

Pakistan Denies Plans to Send Weapons to Syrian Rebels
2014-03-03 Read More...
Pakistan on Thursday strongly denied it had any plans to send weapons to Syrian rebels, following reports that Saudi Arabia was holding talks with it about arming the

Full Chemicals Removal in Syria Unlikely Before June
2014-01-22 Read More...
The most dangerous agents in Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal initially planned to be destructed in March may not be completed until the end of June, Reuters reported the head of the world’s chemical weapons watchdog as saying on

Russian Armored Trucks to Transport Syrian Chemical Arms
2013-12-24 Read More...
Chemical weapons being transported from Syria will be moved with the help of 25 armored trucks and 50 other vehicles sent by Russia, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on

OCW: All Syrian Chemical Production Facilities Destroyed
2013-11-01 Read More...
All of Syria’s declared chemical arms production equipment has been destroyed ahead of a Saturday deadline, the international chemical weapons watchdog said in a document obtained by

Chemical Weapons Inspectors Verify 11 Sites in Syria
2013-10-17 Read More...
Chemical weapons inspectors have verified 11 sites in Syria that were identified by Damascus on Wednesday, continuing their process of eliminating Syria’s

Assad: “Chemical Inspectors Can Go to Every Site”
2013-10-07 Read More...
In an interview with a German magazine, Syrian President Bashar Assad has accused the West of lies about the use of chemical weapons in Syria and said Russia understands the reality of the conflict in his country “much better,” than the United

U.N. Experts Start Dismantling Syria’s Chemical Weapons
2013-10-07 Read More...
A team of international experts began the process of dismantling Syria’s chemical weapons and production facilities on Sunday, a source in the mission told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

U.N. Experts in Syria to Dismantle Chemical Weapons
2013-10-02 Read More...
Experts from the United Nations arrived in Syria on Tuesday to begin the process of verifying and eliminating the regime’s chemical weapons

Syria Ready to Dismantle Chemical Weapons
2013-09-10 Read More...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on Syria Monday to place its chemical weapons under international control to avert military

Russia to Send 2 Ships to East Mediterranean
2013-08-30 Read More...
Russia will send two ships to the east Mediterranean to strengthen its naval presence because of the “well-known situation” there, Interfax news agency said on Thursday referring to the Syria

Iraq, Israel on High Alert in Case of Strike on Syria
2013-08-29 Read More...
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Iraqi Security Forces are on high alert in case there is an international military strike on Syria. Israel has followed suit and is preparing their defenses near the Syrian-Israeli border, reported

Syria Vows to Use “Surprise” Defenses if Attacked
2013-08-28 Read More...
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem vowed on Tuesday that his country will defend itself in case of any Western military strikes against it, AFP

400-Tonne Arms Shipment Reaches Syrian Rebels
2013-08-27 Read More...
Gulf-based supporters have sent a 400-tonne shipment of arms to Syria's outgunned rebels, one of the biggest to reach them in their two-year-old uprising, opposition sources said on

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