by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2017 Russia said it summoned Israel’s ambassador over Israeli airstrikes that hit close to Russian forces near the Syrian city of Palmyra. Deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Interfax news agency that Ambassador Gary Koren was summoned on March 17 and “asked about” the strikes. Russia said earlier this month […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2016 The U.S.-led coalition will defer to Russia in retaking Palmyra after Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) regained control of the ancient Syrian city on Dec. 11. “If they don’t, we will do what we need to do to defend ourselves and we’ll de-conflict those actions with the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2016 Two pilots were killed when a Russian helicopter was shot down by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists, the Russian military said. The Mi-25 helicopter was shot down east of the ancient city of Palmyra on July 9. The pilots “had received a request from the Syrian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) on May 5 recaptured a major gas field near Palmyra, the terror group’s first territorial expansion in Syria since losing the ancient city in March. Rebel sources and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed to Reuters that ISIL jihadists captured the Shaer gas field […]
