All people on board of the aircraft, including 26 passengers and six crew members died in the incident, the Russian Defense Ministry said. A Russian An-26 plane crashed near Syrian Hmeimim air base at 3 pm on Tuesday when landing, according to the ministry of defense. The plane hit the ...
The Kremlin on Tuesday condemned as unfounded allegations of the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government, insisting that the country’s stockpile was destroyed under international supervision. “The provocations are continuing that spawn such insinuations and unfounded accusations against the Syrian leadership,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. He ...
