Turkey deploys extra tanks to Syrian border amid tension over Manbij – media The Turkish Army has deployed additional tanks and APCs to its southern border, Turkish media report. 29.12.2018
Syrian Forces Enter Manbij and Raise Country's Flag - General Staff Earlier in the day, Kurdish-led People's Protection Units (YPG) urged Damascus to take control of the city amid a statement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said Ankara was ready to start an operation in the area. 28.12.2018
Law on Renaming Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church Enters in Force in Ukraine The law that requires the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to change its name was put into force on Thursday after it was published in an official outlet of the Ukrainian parliament. 27.12.2018
IDF Strikes on Syria Created Direct Threat to Two Passenger Planes – Russian MoD The Russian Defence Ministry has stated that neither of the passenger planes that were threatened due to an Israeli airstrike on Syria was related to Russian air carriers. 26.12.2018
War between Russia & US would be disaster for humankind – Lavrov It's unlikely that anyone would deliberately push towards a Russia-US nuclear war, since such conflict can't be won, Russia's foreign minister said, adding that any mistake amid ongoing tensions could become “fatal. 25.12.2018
Netanyahu Unsuccessfully Tried to Split Up Syria - Turkish Prime Minister The Turkish PM's statement comes amid the ongoing war of words between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 24.12.2018
4th Century Strategy’: Senator Notes Failure of Trump Border Wall Demand On Sunday, two-term US Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said that his Democratic party will not agree to fund a border wall along the US-Mexico border, dubbing the wall “a fourth-century strategy. 23.12.2018
All Quiet on Southern Front': Rebels Claim US Troops Still Present in al-Tanf The White House announced the withdrawal of the country's troops from Syria within next the 100 days, stating that with the defeat of Daesh* forces in the region their mission was finally over. 22.12.2018
Russia launches probe into BBC programming in response to Ofcom ‘in breach’ rulings on RT The Russian media regulator will probe the programming of BBC World News, which is available in the country, in response to a decision of its British counterpart, which found RT in breach of its rules in seven cases. 21.12.2018
Most Eye-Catching Moments From Putin's Big Press Conference A record 1,700 journalists from across the globe have flooded into Moscow in order to ask their questions to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 20.12.2018
US confirms pullout from INF treaty, Moscow will respond if missiles placed in Europe – deputy FM Washington has confirmed its decision to withdraw from the INF treaty is final, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said, adding that Moscow will 'take measures' if American missiles that threaten its security are placed in Europe. 19.12.2018
Russia will easily design new missiles to defend itself if US pulls out of INF – Putin Russia may easily respond to the US withdrawal from the milestone INF Treaty by developing new types of land-based missiles, Vladimir Putin said, warning that Washington's decision to pull out “is one step towards an arms race. 18.12.2018
France Found No Signs of Russia's Alleged Involvement in Protests - Media French intelligence services have not found any signs of Russia's alleged involvement in the dissemination of false information related to the protests that are currently taking place in the country, local media reported on Sunday, citing an intelligence source. 17.12.2018
About Face: Turkish Foreign Minister Claims Trump Will Extradite Fethullah Gulen US President Donald Trump is planning to extradite exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen to Turkey, according to a Sunday statement by Ankara’s foreign minister. 16.12.2018
Serbian President Accuses US, UK, Germany of Helping Create Kosovo Army Earlier, the Serbian president requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the issue of the self-proclaimed Kosovo Republic creating its own army. 15.12.2018
'Mayhem' & 'Revolution' If Brexit Not Delivered - Yellow Vests UK Tell Sputnik Yellow vest-wearing activists took to the streets of London on Friday, blocking traffic and chanting pro-Brexit slogans. 14.12.2018
Maria Butina pleads guilty to US charge of conspiring to act as foreign agent Maria Butina, the Russian woman arrested in July and accused of acting as a foreign agent within the United States has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy. 13.12.2018
Born in Strasbourg, 2yrs in prison: What we know about suspected Christmas market shooter A shooting at a Christmas market in Strasbourg that left three people dead and 13 others wounded was carried out by a man with a substantial criminal record who had been flagged as a security risk, French authorities say. 12.12.2018
Moscow ready to release correspondence with US on alleged Russian election meddling Russia is prepared to declassify all correspondences with the US related to alleged meddling in the American presidential election in 2016, according to a senior official of the Cyber Threats Response Center. 11.12.2018
Poroshenko Signs Law Terminating Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation With Russia Kiev sent a diplomatic note to Moscow in September saying it would not renew the 1997 treaty. 10.12.2018
