A US military MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed Tuesday  in Northern Syria.  No reports of civilian injuries or damage. “The aircraft was flying a combat mission when positive control of the aircraft was lost,” the release stated. “The remotely piloted aircraft crash was not due to enemy fire. There are no reports of civilian injuries or damage to […]

A Russian soldier has died in Syria as he prevented a car packed with explosives from reaching the humanitarian aid distribution point in Homs province, the Defense Ministry said. Sergeant Andrey Timoshenkov, who was escorting a humanitarian convoy of the Russian Reconciliation Center, has stopped a car rigged with explosives by opening fire at it […]

Syrian army lost a T-90 tank during  of clashes with rebels in Aleppo province. Tiger Forces or Qawat Al-Nimr  is a special forces unit of the Syrian Arab Army,  confirmed that rebels captured a T-90 tank in Northern Aleppo. The tank captured rebels  from Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki. Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki  is an independent insurgent group involved in the Syrian Civil […]

Russian-made Mi-28N «Night Hunter» modern attack helicopter designed to carry out search and destroy operations against tanks,  are shelled by Syrian militants from the ground near Palmyra. The  Mi-28  attack helicopter  after shelled by militants with heave machine gun was not injured and continued its flight. The Mi-28N «Night Hunter»  has been officially accepted into service with the Russian Ministry of […]

Belarus is studying the option of supplying  arms to Syria. According to the French Newsletter “Intelligence online” in the material «Rencontres discrete en armememnt», Syria’s Ambassador in Belarus Bassam Abdul-Majid 11 April 2016 met with Defense Minister of Belarus Andrei Ravkov. The parties exchanged views on topical issues of regional security. At the end of the […]

Russian forces in Syria have fired at least twice on Israeli military aircraft, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek improved operational coordination with Moscow, Israel’s top-selling newspaper said on Friday. The unsourced report in Yedioth Ahronoth gave no dates or locations for the incidents nor any indication Israeli planes were hit. Russia mounted its […]

Russian Mi-28 attack helicopter crashed in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning, killing two pilots, Russian news agencies quoted Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying. The helicopter was not shot down, the ministry said, adding that the helicopter crashed in Homs province. The pilots’ bodies had been recovered and brought to Russia’s air base […]

Russia deploys  multirole Mi-35M attack helicopter with new EW complex Vitebsk in Syria. The multirole Mi-35M attack helicopter is a comprehensive modernisation of the Mi-24V. The Mi-35M was developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, and has been series produced at Rostvertol since 2005. The Mi-35M offers round the clock: Combat use of guided and unguided weapons in […]

The new Russian Ka-52 «Alligator» attacks helicopters  spotted in Syria during liberation Al-Qaryatayn from Daesh militants. Currently identified presence in Syria of three Ka-52 helicopters with red hull numbers “77”, “78” and “79”. Helicopter with tail number “79 Red” was filmed for the first time at the stage of the assembly at the air base Hmeymim more […]

Russian «Iskander» SS-26 Stone  Short-range ballistic missile spotted in Syria, reported military-informant.com. The new Russian «Iskander» SS-26 Stone  Short-range ballistic missile spotted near the airbase Hmeymim in Syria. Earlier portal military-informant.com reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted a redeployment of missiles of unknown type to Hmeymim air base in Syria. The Iskander (NATO designation SS-26 Stone) short-range ballistic […]