The Russian Air Force base in Latakia will be reinforced with S-400 “Triumf” antiaircraft missile system, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Wednesday. The US military is very concerned about Russia’s imminent deployment of an advanced missile defense system to Syria, an American official says. The Kremlin has announced that it is sending S-400 anti-aircraft missiles... 

Cars floating in rivers that were once streets, water gushing through ceilings and people sailing to work on boats – that’s the current picture in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, both desert countries, which should be dry and sunny for the whole year. Qatar’s capital Doha was apparently unprepared for the deluge and flooding that damaged many buildings in the city. The area near the capital’s Hamad... 

The United States has imposed more sanctions against Russia for supporting the Syrian government, while Moscow has denounced the move, saying Washington is playing “geo-political games”. The US Treasury Department on Wednesday announced that four Russian individuals and six entities, including a bank, have been added to Washington’s sanctions list. US officials said they were involved in supporting... 

A Turkish convoy, which according to some reports was transporting weapons to terrorist organizations, has been hit by apparent airstrikes in northwestern Syria. The convoy was hit most likely by Russian jets in retaliation to the downing of the Russian SU-24 jet over Syria by a Turkish F-16 jet. Footage released online by the Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) shows plumes of smoke... 

Konstantin Murakhtin, the surviving pilot of the doomed Russian Su-24M Fencer jet. The sole survivor of the downed Russian Su-24M Fencer jet says the Turkish jets did not issue any visual or radio warnings before shooting down the warplane. “There was no warning, not by radio exchange nor visually. There was no contact at all,” said Konstantin Murakhtin, the surviving pilot of the doomed jet,... 

Readers of the Western press, be it American, British, German or otherwise, have expressed their complete outrage over the gunning down of the Russian bomber by Turkey in Syria, calling it “a grotesque overreaction and a bald faced attempt to give their jihadi buddies some help,” among others. Here are just some of the comments. “It is a fact it was shot down over Syria. If it was shot down... 

During a press conference from the White House which was supposed to be about the French President’s visit following the horrific Paris attacks by ISIS, Obama chose to talk about himself, his wife, and then followed it up with several clangers and further mind boggling statements. Instead of concentrating on the 129+ victims of the attacks, or the French people, or French President Francois Hollande,... 

Like a vengeful Mafia don Recep Tayyip Erdogan shot down a Russian plane and nudged the Middle East a step closer to all-out war. A few hours after the attack Obama climbed up on his soap box and said Turkey has a right to protect its national sovereignty. Erdogan’s attack, however, had nothing to do with sovereignty or airspace. It was retaliation for Russia messing with his family business. The... 

The Russian air force in Syria will be protected by the most powerful and advanced air defense system in the world, when it deploys its S-400 missile system to the Hmeymim airbase there. Syria will have a comprehensive air defense after Russia deploys its S-400 missile systems to the Hmeymim airbase there, security analyst and US Navy veteran Mark Sleboda told Sputnik. ​”It is a significant... 

Several residents of the village Bolkesjø in Telemark, Norway, are in despair over that they can be forced to receive 400 new asylum seekers. A hotel has already been converted into an asylum center. Gran hotel Bolkesjø has been converted into emergency rooms for 150 refugees, and now the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) is negotiating with the owners of the village’s other hotel, Bolkesjø Hotel,... 

Turkish claims that the downed Russian Su-24 jet “violated” its airspace have sparked outrage among Greeks, who took to social media to say it is a clear-cut case of double standards as Turkish jets breached Greek airspace 2,244 times in 2014 alone. They wondered what would happen if Greece had authorized engagement of Turkish aircraft, which breach the country’s borders on a regular basis. On... 

A new report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on the downing of an Aerospace Forces Sukhoi Su-24M bomber aircraft over Syria yesterday states that it was a deliberate act perpetrated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who were at the time of this catastrophe “controlling/operating” a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet on a supposed... 

A Russian Su-24 fighter has been shot down in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding the plane hadn’t violated Turkish airspace and was flying at an altitude of 6,000 meters. “During the flight, the aircraft was flying within the borders of Syria, which was registered by objective monitoring data,” the ministry said, adding that the aircraft was “supposedly shot down from the... 

Pro-refugee leftists defied a protest ban and rallied in Paris today. The leftists attacked and harassed police in the French capital. At least 715,000 migrants have arrived in Europe so far this year including at least two ISIS killers. Russia Today reported: Scuffles broke out in Paris, Sunday, after pro-refugee protesters defied a ban on demonstrations in the French capital, marching from the... 

Nearly 1 in 5 British Muslims has some sympathy with those who have fled the UK to fight for IS in Syria. The number among young Muslims aged 18-34 is even higher at one in four. The figures emerged in our exclusive poll conducted after the Paris atrocities led by French and Belgian jihadis returning from the war zone. Prominent Muslims said the poll was a wake-up call. Labour London Mayor hopeful...