Russia disagrees with the Dutch Safety Board’s report on MH17 crash findings, the Federal Air Transport Agency said. The Dutch party’s answers to Russian comments on the crash are “unsubstantiated and biased,” the regulator said. The authors of the Dutch report slanted the documents towards their version of events beforehand, and the quality of the probe has been unsatisfactory, Rosavitsya’s... 

Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani after a US airstrikes targets ISIL terrorists there. The United States and its so-called coalition partners have conducted at least three airstrikes in Syria and 11 in Iraq, the Pentagon says. According to US military officials, the attacks targeted Daesh (ISIL) terrorists and were carried out on Monday, a day after Washington air-dropped tons of weapons to... 

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that President Putin has authorized the immediate deployment to the Levant War Zone (Syria) of at least 30 additional Aerospace Forces air-to-air Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets that have proven capable of defeating their most sophisticated counterparts used by the US Air Force. The mission of these Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets, this report explains, is to “deter/target/destroy”... 

Why has Barack Obama airdropped 50 tons of ammunition into areas that “moderate rebels” in Syria supposedly control? This is essentially the equivalent of poking the Russians directly in the eyes. Much of this ammunition will end up in the hands of those that the Russians are attempting to bomb into oblivion, and so to Russia it appears that we are attempting to make their job much harder. And... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has censured as mindless the United States policies vis-à-vis Syria and Washington’s refusal to cooperate with Moscow on ending the crisis in the Arab country. “I believe some of our partners simply have mush for brains,” Putin said at an investment forum in the Russian capital, Moscow, on Tuesday, adding that Washington has declined to share intelligence... 

The official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, The People’s Daily, wrote that the United States and Russia resumed the Cold War because of the conflict in Syria. The US is using the crisis in Syria as an opportunity for a competition in both diplomatic and military spheres, the Chinese newspaper said, Pravda.Ru reports with reference to Reuters. According to The People’s Daily,... 

Perhaps among Obama’s advisors there are a few who are not drowning in hubris and can understand this seachange. The world is beginning to realize that a seachange in world affairs occured on September 28 when President Putin of Russia stated in his UN speech that Russia can no longer tolerate Washington’s vicious, stupid, and failed policies that have unleashed chaos, which is engulfing the Middle... 

Following a report British defense officials have instructed fighter jet pilots to shoot down Russian jets over Syria, the military attaché at the British Embassy in Moscow was summoned to provide an explanation. “He was handed a note with a request to provide official explanations on information, published in the British media, citing high-ranking sources in the Defense Ministry of the country,... 

Turkish forces have shot down a Russian jet after it flew into the country’s airspace, according to unconfirmed reports on social media. Pictured is a MIG-29 jet belonging to the Russian Air Force. Turkish forces are said to have shot down a Russian jet after it flew into the country’s airspace, according to unconfirmed reports on social media. It has been claimed by eyewitnesses that there... 

The United States should actively counter Russian interests wherever it can, US Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Friday. Carson added that the United States needs to re-establish the missile defense system in Eastern Europe. “We need to fight them everywhere,” Carson said when asked how he would address Russia if he became president of the United States. “We need... 

Deployment will effectively provide military support for ISIS and al-Nusra. NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg said during a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday the alliance is prepared to send ground troops to protect Turkey’s border with Syria. “Nato is ready and able to defend all allies, including Turkey against any threats,” Stoltenberg said. The move is in response to a claim... 

The Pentagon chief’s warning of grim consequences for Moscow over its military campaign in Syria is not merely “chest thumping” and may be a prelude to a “frightening” military confrontation, says an American analyst and radio host in New York. “One hopes that Ashton Carter is only thumping his chest, hoping to either back the Russians down or in any event look tough in front... 

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that not only has the Federation refused to accede to NATO’s demands to curb the furious airstrikes pummeling Islamic terror forces in Syria, it will “soon” greatly increase them as this conflict is now being openly described in the Kremlin as a “Holy War” to protect the Christian peoples in this region from being exterminated. The Kremlin’s... 

Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Washington’s failure to share data with Russian intelligence about terrorist positions in Syria makes one question the goals that Americans have in their anti-ISIS campaign in Syria and Iraq, a senior Russian diplomat has said. The refusal to share intelligence on terrorists “just confirms once more what we knew from... 

A malnourished two-year-old Yemeni girl receives treatment at a hospital in the capital, Sana’a. Days of bombardment do not appear to end as the Saudi air force keeps dispatching warplanes to strike even more targets across Yemen, which is facing a deteriorating humanitarian situation. According to the latest media reports on Sunday, Saudi jets pounded the province of Sana’a, targeting residential...