Mr Kerry was speaking after four hours of talks at the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said they also agreed to press the Syrian government and rebels to speed up talks on a political transition. A round of indirect peace talks in Geneva between the Syrian government and opposition concluded on Thursday. UN envoy Staffan […]
Turkey is experiencing a wave of terror violence, linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). These two non-state actors are also at war inside Syria, where the PKK’s Syrian affiliate, the PYD, is currently waging an effective offensive to take territory from ISIL in northern […]
Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for the first face-to-face U.S. meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin since he announced a pullback of Russian forces in Syria this month. Mr. Kerry will seek to determine whether Mr. Putin is more amenable to removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power now that a fragile cease-fire has been declared on the […]
In recent months, multiple reports have surfaced of poor, rural women from Bangladesh and Nepal being trafficked into Syria to work as domestic servants—and sometimes as sex slaves. “They are innocent, uneducated women who come from the villages. They do not know anything about Syria and what is happening there,” Commander Khadaker Golam Sarowar […]
As the Russian drawdown from Syria continues, more information continues to emerge about the forces Moscow had committed to shoring up the Assad regime. One telling aspect is how involved Russia’s Spetsnaz special forces were in the deployment. They were involved in two of their three core missions — reconnaissance and special security missions — but […]
Editor’s Note: 6,000 munitions. That’s a lot, especially by one specific aircraft type. According to Russian officials, that is the number of munitions dropped by the Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft during combat operations in Syria. The Frogfoot is the RuAF’s answer to our A-10C Thunderbolt, but..well, the Hawg it is not. Anyway, the 6,000 […]
Editor’s Note: As promised, we’ve been watching the situation in Syria as the Russians have begun withdrawing their forces. Not surprising, the stay-behind contingent is still pretty formidable. It includes approximately 2,000 personnel and approximately twenty combat aircraft. Among them are Su-24s, Su-30SMs, and Su-35S fighters, as well as Ka-52 and Mi-28N attack helicopters. And […]
Editor’s Note: It will be curious to see what happens with the Bronco. The aircraft flew 134 sorties–120 of them in combat, and amassed 477.3 flying hours, and achieved a 99% mission-capable rate. No matter how you look at it, that’s a very strong outing for 82 days worth of work. But what does it […]
Editor’s Note: While there is some debate of what exact mission the Russian Air Force (RuAF) actually accomplished in Syria, Sputnik News has released a video depicting some of the major milestones achieved during combat operations, as well as providing justification for the RuAF’s departure. While air bases and regional naval facilities remain in operation, […]
Happy Wednesday, FighterSweep Fans! We hope your week is moving along as nicely as ours is. There’s a lot going on in our world at the current time, but we wanted to change up the pace a little bit and share this video with you. We all know the score, and as we spoke of, […]
Editor’s Note: Russia has announced its withdrawal from Syria. Yes, you read that correctly–Russia is pulling out of Syria. A very, very curious turn of events, wouldn’t you say? According to the Russian government, its goal has been achieved and Daesh has been stopped. I’m not sure what metrics they are basing that assessment on, […]
There may be a tentative cease-fire at present, but let’s not get carried away. The war in Syria is going nowhere fast. It staggers along, with daily violations and a rising body count — another vicious “problem from hell.” Estimates vary, but some observers now put the death toll in Syria at nearly 500,000 and […]
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