Representatives of the Free Syrian Army have agreed to meet representatives of the Russian Defense and Foreign Ministries in Abu Dhabi at the end of next week. Representatives of the Free Syrian Army have agreed to meet representatives of the Russian Defense and Foreign ministries in Abu Dhabi at the end of next week, …

Russia has delivered missile defense systems to Syria in order to prevent the possibility of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft from being stolen, as well as to return fire, Russian Aerospace Forces Commander Viktor Bondarev said Thursday. “We have taken into account all possible threats. We have sent not only …

Damascus-led forces assisted by Russian military aircraft have secured control over the main highway to Aleppo essentially freeing the strategic Syrian city which had been besieged for two weeks, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.  A team has already finished disarming explosive devices along the road. On Wednesday, authorities opened …

North Korea now has a range of ballistic missiles that are thought to be capable of hitting both the US mainland and American interests throughout the Pacific, The Heritage Foundation reports in its 2016 Index of US Military Strength. The annual report examines the strength of the US military, and also takes …

The Tsar Bomba was one of the most fearsome devices ever built, a multistage hydrogen bomb that shattered the idea that there were any technological limits to the destructiveness of atomic weaponry. After the Soviet Union detonated a 50-megaton bomb over an uninhabited island north of the Arctic …

After weeks of avoiding public comment on Moscow’s military intervention in Syria that started Sept. 30, Jordan and Russia made a surprise announcement Oct. 23 that both countries had agreed on military coordination in Syria through a joint mechanism. The announcement was made in Vienna during a press …

US aircraft carriers, the backbone of the global US military supremacy, may become obsolete in the near future leading to the decrease of US naval dominance in the world’s oceans, according to naval expert Jerry Hendrix of the Center for New American Security.  “The Pentagon’s focus on developing a …

Rooted deeply in the past, the Russophobia trend has been used by Western elites to pressure Russia into following their dictates, Canadian academic Michael Jabara Carley told Sputnik, adding that in 1917 the Bolsheviks became in fact the true defenders of Russia’s sovereignty and independence.  In fact Western …

In the short time since Russia started its military campaign in Syria, it has managed to form an alliance with the most important players in the region.  After nearly a month of conducting daily airstrikes, Russia is beginning to reveal its political and strategic intent in Syria. Russia is playing a …