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Vetting process

Russia Tests ISIS Orphans’ DNA Ahead of Repatriation

The tests will confirm if the children have Russian relatives.

changing hands

Russia Launches New Air Base in Former U.S. Syria Stronghold

Russian forces have strengthened their presence in northern Syria after the U.S. announced its withdrawal.

Real estate

Syrian Leader’s Family Owns $40M in Moscow Luxury Apartments – Watchdog

The properties “could be for the purposes of laundering money from Syria into Moscow,” Global Witness said.

Russian CHOPPERs

Russia Deploys Military Helicopters to Patrol Syria-Turkey Border

Turkish and Russian forces are holding joint patrols in northeastern Syria.

Syrian war

Crowds Throw Stones at Turkish-Russian Patrol in Syria

Several dozen people managed to stop two Russian armored vehicles and some of them climbed onto one of the cars.

Changing hands

Russia Obtains Israel’s New Interceptor Missile in Syria, Reports Say

Russian engineers are allegedly studying the David's Sling missile in Moscow.

Syrian soldiers

Turkey Hands Over 18 Syrian Soldiers After Coordination With Russian Authorities

The move comes ahead of the scheduled start on Friday of joint Turkish-Russian military patrols in northeast Syria near the border.

Syrian conflict

Turkey Considers Handing 18 Captured Syrian Troops to Russia

The troops are believed to be captured members of the Syrian government forces.

opinion

5 Things Russian Gangsters Might Teach Us About the Islamic State’s Search for a New Leader

What happens after organized crime structures suffer decapitating strikes?

Changing Realities

Putin Faces Syria Money Crunch After U.S. Keeps Control of Oil

Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing an unwelcome new financial challenge in Syria.

IS Wives

Dozens of Russian Women Vanish After Fleeing Syrian Camp – Reports

Russian women held in the camp had sought Moscow’s help earlier this month.

'state banditry'

Russia Says U.S. Presence in Syria Illegal, Protects Oil Smugglers

Russia's Defense Ministry said Washington had no mandate to increase its military presence in Syria.

Reinforcement

Russia Sends Chechen Military Police Reinforcements to Syria

The military police, from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, will help with the withdrawal of Kurdish forces of the Syrian-Turkish border.

Syria talks

Russia Will Send a Further 276 Military Staff and 33 Units of Military Hardware to Syria

Russian military police started deploying on Syria's northeast border under a deal with Turkey to drive Kurdish fighters from the region.

opinion

Leonid Bershidsky

The Putin-Erdogan Deal Poses a Challenge to the West

The Kremlin offers authoritarians a brokerage service based on cynical principles of mutual gain rather than values and allegiances.

opinion

Alexei Khlebnikov

After Sochi, Russia Runs the Show in Syria

The Putin-Erdogan deal creates a new reality in which Russia, in effect, becomes the security provider for both the Turks and the Kurds.

no choice

Kremlin Says U.S. Betrayed Kurds in Syria, Tells Kurds to Withdraw or Be Mauled

"Now the Americans prefer to leave the Kurds at the border with Turkey and almost force them to fight the Turks," Kremlin spokesman said.

new sheriff

Russia’s Military Police Announces Syria Frontline Patrols

U.S. troops patrolled the same area northeast of Manbij 10 days ago.

Syria summit

Turkey, Russia Strike Deal to Remove Syrian Kurdish YPG, Launch Joint Patrols

The meeting comes amid weeks of tensions between Moscow, Ankara and Damascus over fighting in northern Syria.

Syrian Conflict

Russian Troops Overtake Former U.S. Base in Northern Syria

Three Russian military helicopters have landed in the Tabqa military airfield in northern Syria, which U.S. forces abandoned earlier this month.

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