The Homs-Hama highway in the Homs forces placement area opened for civilian transport for the first time in five years after the Russian military police checkpoints started operating in Ar-Rastan. © Mikhail Alaeddin / Sputnik
RT: Civil war in Syria ‘de-facto over’ – Russian defense minister
The implementation of de-escalation zones in Syria and the separation of terrorists from opposition have allowed to intensify the fight against terrorism, effectively ending the civil war in the country, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said.
Shoigu made the remark while meeting his Lebanese counterpart, Yacoub Riad Sarraf, at the ongoing ARMY-2017 forum in Kubinka, just outside Moscow on Wednesday.
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MIDDLE EAST
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ASIA
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Rodrigo Duterte tones down drug war amid protests, warns police to kill only if necessary.
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Southern China, Hong Kong assess losses from Typhoon Hato.
AFRICA
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Tanzania rights body slams govt 'harassment' of opposition.
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Russian ambassador to Sudan found dead.
EUROPE
Explosion in Kyiv as Ukraine marks Independence Day.
Poroshenko insists on deploying UN peacekeepers to Donbass.
Moscow has no doubts US will try to meddle in Russia’s presidential election.
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Net migration to UK drops to lowest level for three years.
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Canadian teachers seek to remove first prime minister's name from schools.
Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining.
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