Читать этот пост на русском In late December 2015, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International published reports on Russian bombings in Syria. The HRW report claimed growind evidence of cluster bomb useRead More…
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Turkish bases in northern Iraq
Читать пост на русском In early December 2015, media reported Turkish troops entering Northern Iraq. According to Turkish sources, the troops were moved into Iraq to train local militias to fight ISIS.Read More…
06Dec/15
Fact-checking Russian MoD’s claims on ISIS’s oil business
Читать пост на русском языке On December 2, representatives of Russia’s Ministry of Defense held a press briefing "Russia’s armed forces in the fight against international terrorism. New data", where they allegedlyRead More…
03Dec/15
The identity of the “Russian spy” executed by ISIS
On Wednesday, December 2, Islamic State published a video of a Russian-speaking jihadi executing an alleged Russian spy. In the video, the victim says he is an ethnic Russian who lived inRead More…
26Nov/15
Russian jet and helicopter lost in Syria: an open-source analysis
On November 24, according to Russian Ministry of Defense, a Russian Su-24M bomber was downed near the Syrian-Turkish border by a Turkish F-16. One of the pilots was killed. Durins a searchRead More…
26Nov/15
Russian Special Operations Forces servicemen killed in Syria
Читать этот пост на русском языке Background For many years, Russia’s Ministry of Defense has been discussing the creation of a separate Special Operations Force (SOF). The necessity of such a separateRead More…
16Nov/15
First evidence of new weapons being used in Syria
Читать пост на русском CONTENTS 152mm 2A65 "Msta-B" howitzers; "Phosphorous" bombs in Idlib; Determining the type of incendiary bombs used; T-90 Tank; Conclusion; Recently, first evidence of new weapons being used inRead More…
08Nov/15
Beyond the airstrikes: Russia’s activities on the ground in Syria
Читать пост на русском Table of contents • Ayas Saryg-Ool, a soldier of Russia's 74th Separate Mororized Rifle Brigade in Hama • Vladimir Boldyrev, marine in Hama • Syrian express and equipmentRead More…
05Nov/15
How we used human intelligence to prove a Russian volunteer wasn’t killed in Syria
Читать пост на русском A few days ago a source told us that a man killed in Syria was buried in Kaliningrad, Russia, on October 30. The source told us he wasRead More…
The final part of the story about Main Intelligence Directorate servicemen who died in Donbas
Читать этот пост на русском A several months long story is now over. Let me remind that on the 5th of May 2015 (when second part of Minsk agreement about the withdrawalRead More…