While denying that its aircraft carrier was steaming towards the Middle East, China has not ruled out joining the Russian-Syrian effort to strike at Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria. A report in China Military Online, a website sponsored by the Peoples Liberation Army provided a vague clue that China is on top of plans to enter the Syrian conflict though no information was provided about when it plans to do so
Russian Aerospace Forces flew 64 sorties on Saturday hitting 55 Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria. Russia has increased the intensity of combat flights in Syria as the number of ISIL targets has risen, the Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Maj
Beijing and Islamabad will build eight submarines simultaneously, of which half will be built in China and the other half in Karachi. China will transfer the submarine technology to Pakistan, Beijing-based Reference News reported Wednesday
Russia is likely to sign a contract on the delivery of an unknown number of Mi-35 helicopters to Afghanistan in October. “Afghanistans first Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has asked Russia for military aid amid a fight against Islamic State (ISIL) militants
The Iranian ministry of defense has denied a US media claim that four of 26 cruise missiles fired from Russia's Caspian fleet at Syrias IS militants have fallen in Iran. We have not received any report indicating the crash of the Russian missiles on Iranian territories, an unnamed official at the Iranian Defense Ministry responded
Russian warships today launched 26 cruise missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria. All targets were destroyed claimed a Sputnik International report quoting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu who said Wednesday during a meeting with President Putin
By deploying Navy cruiser Moskva armed with S-300 ship-to-air missiles opposite the Syrian coastal town of Latakia, Moscow has effectively enforced a no-fly zone over most of Syria. Israeli website Debkafile quoting intelligence sources said that all US and European aircraft currently deployed over Syria besides Israeli warplanes would be exposed to the S-300 anti-aircraft system
Iran has unveiled a torpedo-armed watercraft capable of both on and under water operations. The indigenous submersible watercraft, ‘Zolfaqar is 17-meter long and weighs 22 tons
A joint anti-IS information center is being established on the basis of the information center in Baghdad involving Russia, Syria and Iran. The joint information center will be based in Baghdad and will gather, process and analyze information about the situation in the Middle East to fight IS
As Russia and France bombs Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria, both have been touting the prowess of their respective fighter aircraft- the Sukhoi Su-34 and the Dassault Rafale. While Russia has launched air strikes on the side of the Syrian government and France on the side of the anti-Assad rebels, but against one common enemy, the Islamic State terrorist group, both seem keen to highlight the precision bombing capabilities of their respective aircraft