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Al Bawaba

October 21st, 2015 - 06:47 GMT

Russia denies soldiers killed in Syria

Russia's Defence Ministry denied three of its soldiers were killed fighting alongside Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria.

Purportedly from Islamist rebel group Jaysh al-Islam, the statement made rounds on social media Wednesday following artillery shelling at the Russian Embassy in Damascus Tuesday. (AFP/File)

October 14th, 2015 - 02:47 GMT

Jaysh al-Islam is denying shooting at the Russian embassy in Damascus

Al Bawaba

February 7th, 2014 - 01:37 GMT

Russia says three-day Homs ceasefire agreed

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday that Moscow is ready to help fully implement the removal of chemical weapons from Syria by putting Russian military observers on the ground in Syria. (AFP/File)

September 22nd, 2013 - 03:20 GMT

Russia 'ready' to send military observers to Syria

The mortar hit Sunday is the first time that an embassy has been attacked in Damascus during the conflict (Courtesy of the Voice of Russia)

September 22nd, 2013 - 10:32 GMT

Mortar hits Russian embassy in Damascus

A Syrian car bomb rocks Assad's Damascus HQ

February 21st, 2013 - 06:01 GMT

53 die in bombing near Assad’s party HQ as the enemy draws closer to the gates

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

January 22nd, 2013 - 07:03 GMT

Russia to evacuate citizens from Syria as bloody conflict intensifies