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Dep. Defense Minister leaves Tehran for Moscow

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Brigadier General Taghizadeh left Tehran for Moscow on Tuesday morning.

Russia says Britons to stage chemical attack in Syria to blame Assad

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – The Russian Defense Ministry announced that a group of militants trained by UK private military company Olive are preparing to stage a chemical attack in Syria's Idlib to frame Assad as using chemical weapons against civilians.

Russian frigate strikes ISIL targets in Syria with Kalibr cruise missiles

MOSCOW, Sep. 05 (MNA) – A Russian Black Sea Fleet frigate struck an area near Ash Shola held by ISIL terrorists mostly from Russia and CIS countries with Kalibr cruise missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Tuesday.

MoD:

Russian fighters bomb ISIL hardware near Syria's Deir Ezzor

MOSCOW, Sep. 02 (MNA) –  Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces have destroyed multiple pieces of Islamist hardware over two days of operations near the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

Syrian southern de-escalation zone monitoring center opens in Jordan

MOSCOW, Aug. 23 (MNA) – A joint monitoring center of a de-escalation zone in southwestern Syria has opened in the Jordanian capital of Amman, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

Russia registers 8 ceasefire violations in Syria over past 24 hours

MOSCOW, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Russian Defense Ministry said that commission on the Syrian truce have registered a total of eight violations of the ceasefire regime in Syria over the past 24 hours.

Russia halts coop. with US within deconfliction channel in Syria airspace

MOSCOW, Jun. 19 (MNA) – From June 19, Russia is halting all interactions with the US within the framework on the memorandum of incident prevention in Syrian skies, Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday following the US-led coalition's downing of a Syrian army's jet near Raqqa.

Russian military delivers aid to Syrians in Aleppo, Damascus

MOSCOW, Mar. 01 (MNA) – Russia’s reconciliation center in Latakia delivered a dozen tonnes of relief aid to Syrians in Damascus and Aleppo, as well as in the town of Kessab over the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

Russia registers five violations of ceasefire in Syria

MOSCOW, Feb. 05 (MNA) – Russian representatives in the Russian-Turkish commission on the Syrian ceasefire have registered five violations of the truce in the Middle Eastern country during the last 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

Russian bombers destroy ISIL command posts, arms depots in Deir ez-Zor

MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (MNA) – Six Russian Tu-22M3 bombers carried out on Monday airstrikes against new ISIL targets in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province destroying two command posts, arms depots, a large number of military equipment and terrorists, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Russia registers five ceasefire violations in Syria

MOSCOW, Jan. 29 (MNA) – Within last 24 hours, the Russian party of the Russia-Turkey Commission on violations of the Joint Agreement has registered five cases in the Latakia province, while the Turkish party has not provided data about registered ceasefire violations, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

No ceasefire violations registered in Syria recently: Russia

MOSCOW, Jan. 28 (MNA) – The Russian part of the joint Russian-Turkish commission on issues related to violations of the Syrian ceasefire has not registered violations over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has registered six truce violations, according to the statement of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian sappers demine 70 hectares in Aleppo in past 24 hours

MOSCOW, Jan. 25 (MNA) – Sappers from Russia's International Mine Action Center have demined an area of 70 hectares in eastern part of Syria's city of Aleppo in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Syrian reconciliation said in a statement.

Russian sappers destroy 25,000 explosives in Aleppo

MOSCOW, Jan. 22 (MNA) – Deputy Commander of Russian Engineering Troops said that Russian sapper units destroyed over 25,000 explosive devices in the course of a mine-clearing operation of the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Russian monitors register nine ceasefire violations in Syria

MOSCOW, Jan. 16 (MNA) –The Russian monitors of the Syrian ceasefire commission registered a total of nine truce violations in Syria over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday.

Russian MoD:

Intl. humanitarian organizations provide no aid to Aleppo

MOSCOW, Jan. 15 (MNA) – The peaceful life in liberated Aleppo is restoring despite the fact that international humanitarian organizations have not provided assistance to the city since its liberation a month ago, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Mass burials of dozens of tortured Syrians found in Aleppo

MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (MNA) – Mass graves of torture victims have been uncovered in liberated Aleppo, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Monday.

Russian military registers 27 ceasefire violations in Syria

MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (MNA) – The Russian center for Syrian reconciliation at the Hmeimim airbase registered a total of 27 violations of the ceasefire regime in Syria in the last 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday.

Rescuers find Russian aircraft's debris

MOSCOW, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Both the Russian Emergencies Ministry and the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the crash of the missing Tu-154, saying that the debris of the aircraft and alleged personal belongings of passengers were discovered in the Black Sea.

Disappeared Russian TU-154 aircraft possibly crashed in mountains: Source

MOSCOW, Dec. 25 (MNA) – The Russian aircraft TU-154 most, which had disappeared from from radar shortly after take-off in Sochi Sunday, likely has crashed in the mountains in Krasnodar Territory in the south of the country, a source in local security services told RIA Novosti Sunday.

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Second convoy with evacuees leaves east Aleppo

MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (MNA) – The second convoy of buses and ambulances carrying militants and their family members left on Thursday eastern Aleppo, the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation said.

Number of settlements joining Syrian ceasefire reaches 1,055

MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (MNA) – The number of settlements that have joined the cessation of hostilities in war-torn Syria has increased to 1,055, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

Russian MoD:

Roughly 18K people evacuated from militant-held areas of Aleppo

MOSCOW, Dec. 10 (MNA) – Almost 18,000 citizens managed to flee from militant-controlled areas of Syria’s Aleppo in the past 24 hours, the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation announced.

Russian military says thousands of militants leaving Khan al-Shih in south Syria

DAMASCUS, Dec. 07 (MNA) – Some 3,000 militants laid down arms and left the town of Khan al-Shih near Damascus in southern Syria after agreeing to join the ceasefire, the Russian reconciliation center said Wednesday.

Syrian army regains full control over Al-Tall in Damascus province

MOSCOW, Dec. 04 (MNA) – The Syrian army regained full control over Al-Tall city in the Damascus province, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Sunday.

Over 5,600 civilians leave besieged areas of Syria's Aleppo

MOSCOW, Nov. 30 (MNA) – The Russian Defense Ministry said that over 5,600 Syrian civilians, among them some 2,800 children, managed to leave the terrorists-beset areas of Aleppo.

Over 8,500 civilians in Aleppo leave areas beset by militants

MOSCOW, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Over 8,500 Syrian civilians left the areas controlled by the militants in the city of Aleppo, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Russian MoD:

Syrian army liberates 40% of east Aleppo from terrorists

MOSCOW, Nov. 28 (MNA) – The Syrian army has liberated 40 percent of east Aleppo from terrorists, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Russian MoD:

Aleppo humanitarian pauses sabotaged due to lack of UN initiative

TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Russia has repeatedly introduced so-called humanitarian pauses in Syria's Aleppo, but every time they were sabotaged by lack of initiative from the United Nations representatives and actions of terrorists, the Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.