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Russia sends advanced missiles to Syria
Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, according to US media reports.(5/17/2013 12:14:49 PM) |
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Russia sends Syria advanced anti-ship missiles: U.S. officials
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has sent Syria advanced anti-ship missiles, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, bolstering Syrian defenses despite pleas from Washington and elsewhere to stop supplying President Bashar al-Assad's forces. One of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the latest Yakhont surface-to-air missiles were delivered recently. The transfer ...(5/17/2013 1:08:30 PM) |
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Russia Hopes Continuing Arms Sales to Syria Will Ease Assad Departure
Russia Hopes Continuing Arms Sales to Syria Will Ease Assad Departure(5/17/2013 2:54:04 PM) |
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Outing of Alleged Spies Further Strains U.S.-Russia Ties
Russia breached the arcane etiquette of international espionage when it publicly identified a U.S. diplomat in Moscow as a CIA station chief.(5/18/2013 7:02:54 AM) |
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Russia reveals CIA chief's identity
Russia publicly names the man it believes to be the US intelligence chief in Moscow, a breach of diplomatic protocol.(5/18/2013 3:38:52 AM) |
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Fearing Afghan instability, Russia mulls border troops
By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL (Reuters) - Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next year, is considering deploying border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border, Moscow's envoy to Kabul told Reuters in an interview. Moscow, still sore from its disastrous, decade-long war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, is increasingly concerned by what it describes as ...(5/17/2013 4:17:51 AM) |
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U.S. chides Russia over missiles as peace plans suffer
By Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States chided Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government as plans for a peace conference promoted by Washington and Moscow were hit by diplomatic rifts over its scope and purpose. Sectarian bloodshed in neighboring Iraq during Friday prayers, a hacking attack on a Western newspaper by sympathizers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and ...(5/18/2013 7:50:30 AM) |
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Russia boosts its naval presence in Syria, sends regime new missiles (+video)
Many see Russia's anti-ship missile sales and increased naval deployment to Syria as intended to deter Western powers from military intervention in the Syrian civil war.(5/17/2013 3:14:01 PM) |
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Russia boosts its naval presence in Syria, sends regime new missiles
Many see Russia's anti-ship missile sales and increased naval deployment to Syria as intended to deter Western powers from military intervention in the Syrian civil war.(5/17/2013 10:57:04 AM) |
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U.S. decries Russia weapons sale to Syria
Joint chiefs chairman says the missiles, as well as Russia's buildup of warships in the region, will 'embolden' President Bashar Assad. WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday condemned Russia's delivery of advanced antiship missiles to Syria and its buildup of warships in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that the Kremlin's escalating support for its longtime ally in Damascus could ...(5/17/2013 8:43:48 PM) |
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