US President Obama Optimistic about Paris Climate Summit Results

Before crucial COP21 summit Barrack Obama is optimistic regarding Paris climate summit 2015
Washington: US President Barrack Obama said he is very much optimistic regarding breaking the ice on global climate agreement at the scheduled UN climate conference in Paris.
The most significant thing is that 180 nations have already submitted road-map to down emissions that triggers climate change, Obama told on a Facebook, while travelling to Paris talks.
Paris Summit will enforcea long-term framework for cutting down emissions including goals set by each nation,

Obama has only one year in office spared. He said US businesses and labors have demonstrated that it's possible to head towards a low-carbon future even without reducing jobs and developing the economy.
US economy is at all-time high, but its greenhouse gases emissions are trimmed to 20-year lows.
Obama is attending only 30 November and 1 December, the first two days of fortnight long event. Obama will hold several bilateral meeting during his two days stay in Paris, including Chinese President Xi Jinping & Indian Premier Narendra Modi.
After just few days of PAris Terror Attacks, it will be great opportunity for us to show that world is united against gruesome terror acts.- Obama said.

Paris World Climate Summit- What Next?

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Paris Climate Summit 2015

India and the US  preparing for a tough at the Paris climate summit starting Monday with the world’s biggest democracies divided over who should share the larger blame for greenhouse gas emission and, therefore, do more towards mitigating it.

Ahead of the high-stakes talks to be attended by negotiators from 196 countries, New Delhi and Washington have already engaged in a verbal war with US secretary of state John Kerry describing India as the “biggest challenge” for the Paris summit. India hit back by terming his remarks as “unfortunate” and “ill-timed”.

Officials of both countries as well as China – the world’s three largest emitters of greenhouse gases – agree that a successful outcome at the Paris conference will depend in a large measure on the three big players’ willingness to resolve their differences, some of which could prove deal-breaking otherwise.

Joined by China and other developing countries, India believes developed countries have contributed more to environmental degradation with their longer history of industrialisation and, therefore, they should do more and pay to the developing world to go green, called differentiation in negotiating parlance.

“There is a difference between the developed and the developing world on historical responsibility and capabilities of each country. It cannot end,” Ajay Mathur spokesperson for India’s climate negotiations team,

UK PM David Cameron Rellying on Opposition For Syria Strike Vote

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David Cameron to risk Commons vote over Syria airstrikes

Prime minister gambles on opposition support as Labour split deepens and Jeremy Corbyn comes under pressure to lift party whip



David Cameron is preparing to take the biggest gamble of his premiership by staging a parliamentary vote on British military action against  in Syria this week – despite deep uncertainty over how many Labour MPs will back him and fears among Syrian citizens about loss of civilian lives.



As anti-war protesters gathered outside Downing Street and at other rallies across the country, the prime minister made clear it was his firm intention to press ahead with the vote, likely to be on Wednesday, even though Labour sources say they have no clear idea how much backing he will get.



Fears about the dangers of a bombing campaign were also expressed by recent exiles from the Syrian city of Raqqa, which is held by Refugees interviewed by the Observer said is keeping civilians as “human shields” and warned about loss of innocent life if a bombing campaign goes wrong.



Speaking at the Commonwealth heads of government conference in Malta, Cameron appealed directly to the many undecided MPs on Labour benches, and a handful of Conservative doubters, for support. The SNP and Lib Dems both say they are not convinced.



“I hope that, when the choice comes, people will indicate that this is the right thing for Britain to do. It is, and we should do it,” Cameron said.



But with a working majority of just 16 in the Commons, senior Labour sources said Cameron could not be assured of a comfortable win, as most MPs on their side remained undecided. With Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn opposed to military action, the mood was uncertain.



One senior Labour figure said: “We honestly cannot say what the numbers are. I think Cameron will get it through, maybe narrowly, but a very large number on our side have not made up their minds. It depends whether something happens that could swing it – and that could be either way.”



In a sign of an imminent Commons vote it is understood that No 10 has drawn up a draft motion to extend the UK airstrikes to Syria. The motion, which is still being worked on, is believed to refer to the need to use military action to degrade and reduce its threat, while at the same time pursuing a clear political process to bring stability to the region. It will also mention the need for immediate humanitarian support and longer-term stabilisation.



In a clear bid to win round wavering Labour MPs, it is expected to stress the importance of the UN security council resolution 2249, passed nine days ago, which calls on states to take “all necessary measures” to prevent terrorist acts by and to “eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria”. It is also expected to rule out UK ground combat troops being deployed and will say UK capabilities mean that the risk of civilian casualties will be minimised.



Tory whips – who have been in contact with their Labour counterparts – now believe they could expect the support of some 80 Labour MPs. Foreign secretary Philip Hammond and defence secretary Michael Fallon spent much of Saturday trying to win round Labour waverers.



Corbyn is under pressure to allow a free vote. A decision is expected at the shadow cabinet meeting on Monday.



Cameron added: “I’m not responsible for what is happening in the Labour party. All I would say is, whatever party it is, look at the arguments, listen to the arguments put forward before thinking about voting on this issue because I think there is a compelling case that taking military action alongside our allies can help to address the threat from  I think the right approach is to have a strategy that includes all the necessary elements.”



Cameron went on to criticise former London mayor and Corbyn ally Ken Livingstone, now the co-convener of Labour’s defence review, for disparaging remarks he made about British troops. Arguing that bombing could not work without boots on the ground, the former London mayor said on LBC radio: “We cannot put British troops on the ground because they are too discredited after Iraq and Afghanistan. But we should look to countries like China. China would jump at the opportunity to get involved because it would bring them on to the global stage. They have got millions of troops.”



Livingstone also suggested that Labour’s ruling NEC – on which he sits – should have a role in deciding the parliamentary party’s position on support for airstrikes, a move that would enrage MPs and Corbyn’s shadow cabinet. “That would be a case for Labour’s National Executive, which is the body that oversees the party, not the PLP,” Livingstone said.

Donald Trump Denies Mocking Disables Reporter Serge Kovaleski

www.youtube.com/murdikar007 Donald Trump Denies Mocking Disables Reporter Serge Kovaleski New York Times



Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump denies mocking a reporter with a disability



Donald Trump has denied that he mocked a reporter with a disability in a South Carolina speech, despite appearing to imitate mannerisms of the "poor guy" and make fun of him.

A statement posted on his Twitter account said Trump doesn't know the reporter personally or what he looks like and was only mocking his journalism. The New York Times reporter, Serge Kovaleski, "should stop using his disability to grandstand," the statement quoted Trump as saying.

Kovaleski has a congenital condition that affects joint movement. In a speech Tuesday in South Carolina, Trump said, "Poor guy, you oughta see this guy," and gestured in a jerky fashion as if imitating Kovaleski's movements.

Trump was challenging recollections by Kovaleski and many others about the 9/11 aftermath. Trump has made unsubstantiated claims that thousands of Muslims in New Jersey were seen celebrating the attacks.

In 2001, Kovaleski, then with The Washington Post, and another Post journalist wrote a week after the 9/11 attacks about authorities in New Jersey detaining and questioning "a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks."

The story did not suggest "thousands" were celebrating, as Trump claimed, and a story then by The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey, said the reports of such celebrations by Muslims proved unfounded.

Even so, Trump has pointed to the Post story as backing up his claim and took issue with Kovaleski's recent statement that he did not remember anyone alleging that large numbers of Muslims were celebrating.

"Written by a nice reporter," Trump said in the speech. "Now the poor guy, you oughta see this guy - uh, I don't know what I said, uh, I don't remember. He's going like, I don't remember." His voice took a mocking tone, too.

UK Could Face War Crime Chrages for Missiles Sold to Saudi for Yemen War

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UK could be prosecuted for war crimes over missiles sold to Saudi Arabia that were used to kill civilians in Yemen tain is at risk of being prosecuted for war crimes because of growing evidence that missiles sold to Saudi Arabia have been used against civilian targets in Yemen's brutal civil war, Foreign Office lawyers and diplomats have warned. Advisers to Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, have stepped up legal warnings that the sale of specialist missiles to the Saudis, deployed throughout nine months of almost daily bombing raids in west Yemen against rebels, may breach international humanitarian law. Since March this year, bombing raids and a blockade of ports imposed by the Saudi-led coalition of Sunni Gulf states have crippled much of Yemen. Although the political aim is to dislodge Shia rebels and restore the exiled President, Abed-Rabbo Mansour Hadi, thousands of Yemeni civilians have been killed, with schools, hospitals and non-military infrastructure hit. Fuel and food shortages, according to the United Nations, have brought near famine to many parts of the country. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and other NGOs, claim there is no doubt that weapons supplied by the UK and the United States have hit Yemeni civilian targets. One senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) legal adviser told The Independent: "The Foreign Secretary has acknowledged that some weapons supplied by the UK have been used by the Saudis in Yemen. Are our reassurances correct - that such sales are within international arms treaty rules? The answer is, sadly, not at all clear." Although the Department for International Development recently received assurances from the Saudi government that it did not want a famine to develop on its doorstep, there is concern within the FCO that the Saudi military's attitude to humanitarian law is careless. Officials fear that the combination of British arms sales and technical expertise used to assist bombing raids on Yemen could result in the UK being hauled before the International Criminal Court on charges relating to direct attacks on civilians. Another government lawyer warned: "With Britain now expected to join the United States and France in the war on in Syria, there will be renewed interest in the legality of the assault in Yemen. It may not be enough for the Foreign Secretary to simply restate that we have yet to carry out any detailed evaluation [of UK arms used in the bombing of Yemen]." The legal adviser said: "Yemen could be described as a forgotten conflict. Inside the Foreign Office a course-correction is seen as crucial. It is a proxy war, with the Saudis believing Iran is behind the rebellion." Oliver Sprague, Amnesty International's arms trade director, told The Independent: "There is a blatant rewriting of the rules inside the FCO. We are not supposed to supply weapons if there is a risk they could be used to violate humanitarian laws and the international arms trade treaty - which we championed. It is illogical for Philip Hammond to say there is no evidence of weapons supplied by the UK being misused, so we'll keep selling them to the point where we learn they are being used." Most of Saudi's weapons are supplied by the United States. With help from the UK, the US is also offering logistical support, airborne refuelling, with a specialist Pentagon-approved team providing intelligence on targeting. This month the Obama administration authorised a $1.29bn (£858m) Saudi request to replenish stocks of specialist missiles, a move seen by critics as an effort to assuage Saudi anger over the US-brokered nuclear deal with Iran, the kingdom's key regional rival. In July, Britain authorised the transfer of Paveway IV missiles from the RAF to Saudi Arabia. The MoD approved a switch in positions on an order book from the arms manufacturer, Raytheon UK. The contract, worth close to £200m, secured the supply of hundreds of the air-launched missiles to the Saudi air force over the next two years. The Raytheon precision weapons are used by both the RAF and its Saudi counterparts on Typhoon and Tornado fighter jets, supplied by BAE Systems. The order switch ensured that the Saudi arsenal, depleted through multiple daily bombing raids on Yemen over the past nine months, would not be exhausted. This week both Amnesty and Human Rights Watch issued new evidence, based on their own field research, which they said showed that a factory in the Sanaa governate that was not involved in any military production, was destroyed by a UK-made cruise missile. David Mepham, the UK director of HRW, said a GM-500 air-launched missile made by the UK firm Marconi had destroyed the factory and left a civilian worker dead. He said this was only the latest "multiple well-documented case of violations of the laws of war by the Gulf coalition in Yemen. UK ministers have consistently refused

Turkey Warns Russia not to Play With Fire- How to Read this?

Editor's Note:- There is huge tension between Russia and NATO, especially Turkey after shooting down Russian Sukhoi 2 fighter jet over Latakia province in Syria. Turkish fighters fired Air to air missiles on SU-24 fighter jet while Russian jet was on bombing mission in Syria. Turkey said Russian jets were violating Turkish airspace and it was warned in advance before shooting down.
Russians said jet was cruising well within Syrian airspace. Radar tracking data of Latakia Airbase currently operated by Russians said plane didn't violated Turkish airspace.
Extremely angry Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered deployment of air defense missile system S-400 to Turkey to deal with hostile Turkish Fighter Jets posing serious threat to Russian Jets involved in bombing on ISIS.
Seemingly disturbed Turkish President Erdogan sees Russian move of deploying Anti Aircraft Missile batteries in Syria as grave threat to Turkish Air Force. As a result Erdogan warned Russians not to "play with fire".
Will Turkish warning deter Russians from taking any adventurous step like attacking Turkish or NATO plane? Answer is NO. As far as hawkish Russian President Putin's history is concerned, he will be searching a small reason to Teach a Lesson to Turkey as he quoted saying Turkish move as Stab in The Back.
 As retaliation to Turkish move Putin ordered immediate sanctions on Turkish trade in Russia and Russian authorities are raiding Turkish firms and sending back goods meant for sell in Russia, ack to Turkey.
Putin knows where to press to feel Turkey the effect of shooting down Russian plane.
Let's see how the events takes place in Syria.

Erdogan To Putin,Russia, Dont Play With Fire

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Russia 'playing with fire', warns Turkey, as Moscow imposes visa regime Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan steps up the war of words after Russia’s latest retaliatory measures in the wake of the downing of its fighter jet Russia will introduce a visa regime for Turkish citizens as part of a range of measures to retaliate for the Su-24 fighter jet downed by the Turkish air force on Tuesday. The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, responded by saying the Kremlin was “playing with fire” if it mistreated people from his country who visited Russia. The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, announced the latest move on Friday, saying it would come into force from 1 January. Russia has also forbidden tour companies from selling packages to Turkey, advised all Russian citizens to leave the country, and promised an array of economic sanctions as well as the freezing of joint projects. Since the plane was shot down, officials from both countries have made it clear neither side is interested in serious escalation. But neither the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, nor Erdoğan, is known for backing down from a confrontation. Erdoğan has refused to apologise to Russia for the incident, and said his jets would act the same way again in a similar situation, while Russian officials have reacted with furious rhetoric. Erdoğan said on Friday he had warned Putin about incursions by Russian planes at the G20 summit in Antalya this month. The Turkish president claimed Putin had told him to accept the planes “as guests”, to which he responded that Turkey could not accept uninvited guests. “It is playing with fire to go as far as mistreating our citizens who have gone to Russia,” Erdogan told supporters during a speech in Bayburt, in northeast Turkey. “We really attach a lot of importance to our relations with Russia … We don’t want these relations to suffer harm in any way.” He also accused Russia of backing Bashar al-Assad’s “terrorist state” in Syria. Putin, for his part, called the Turks “accomplices of terrorists” and suggested Turkish officials were profiting from oil trade with State. Erdoğan said he hoped to speak with Putin at a forthcoming climate change summit in Paris and “bring the issue to a reasonable point”. The Kremlin said no meetings between the two leaders had been planned for Paris, confirming that Erdoğan had tried to call Putin in the aftermath of the incident but the call was not taken. A Kremlin aide said this was because Erdoğan was not ready to apologise. Erdoğan has previously claimed Turkish jets did not know the Su-24 was a Russian jet and would have acted differently had they realised; a suggestion dismissed as implausible in Moscow. Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Had we known it was a Russia plane we may have warned it differently The Russian defence ministry on Friday described the shoot-down as an “ambush” by Turkish jets. Turkey insists the Russian plane briefly veered into Turkish territory and was warned 10 times to divert its course; Russia says there were no warnings. A defence ministry spokesman also claimed that Turkey had offered no assistance or coordination with a rescue mission after the plane had been shot down. The pilot died, shot from the ground as he descended in a parachute, while the navigator survived and was returned to Russia’s airbase in Syria after a long operation by Syrian special forces. A Russian marine who was part of the rescue mission also died. All three men have been honoured with military awards by Putin. The incident has caused an outpouring of anger in Russia, prompted by hours of programming on state television about Turkey’s cynical actions and its nefarious goals in the Middle East. The Turkish embassy in Moscow has been pelted with paint, bricks and eggs, while in Simferopol, Crimea, locals burned an effigy of Erdoğan. Internet users have pledged not to travel to Turkey on holiday. Last year, 4.4 million Russians vacationed there. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the misnamed Liberal Democratic party, pointed out how easy it would be to destroy Istanbul. “You just chuck one nuclear bomb into the straits, and there’d be a huge flood. The water would rise by 10-15 metres and the whole city would disappear,” said the MP, who is known for his scandalous outbursts.



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HSBC Bank Shutting Down Private Banking Business in India

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HSBC to wind up private banking business in India

British bank HSBC on Friday said that it will shut down its private banking business in India, an announcement that came amid an ongoing investigation by India's tax department against individuals who had unaccounted foreign currency accounts in the bank's Swiss branch.



An HSBC spokesperson said the bank's private banking business will be closed down by the first quarter of 2016 and some of its private banking clients will be moved to its premier banking division. "We will work closely with our clients to minimise the impact of this decision on them, offering them the choice to move to HSBC Premier, our global banking and wealth management proposition, wherever appropriate," the spokesperson said.



HSBC did not give any reasons for its decision, but banking executives within and outside the bank said the move is a direct fallout of the information leak by former HSBC staffer Herve Falciani in 2008 which included names of 1,195 Indians who had evaded taxes in the country to stash it in the bank's Swiss branches. The names of the 1,195 Indians were released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in February.



Meanwhile, on Friday, Falciani was found guilty of violating banking secrecy laws. He was given a five-year prison sentence by a Swiss court. Falciani, a French citizen, stayed out of Switzerland during the trial and it is unlikely he will serve time in a Swiss prison, because France doesn't extradite its own citizens.



"In view of the tax evasion inquiry, HSBC's private banking compliance was enhanced, as a result of which it became impossible for them to do business with these very demanding high net worth clients," said an executive from the bank.



HSBC did not say whether the closure of its private banking business in India would lead to job losses. However, executives at rival private banks said they expect the British lender to lose both staff and clients.



"There are about 70 people in the business here. Some of them will move out and likely take their clients with them. We are already exploring what opportunities it holds for us," said a private banking executive from a rival bank.



HSBC was among the top ten wealth managers in the country, with about 1,000 clients and assets under management of about $2-2.5 billion. Private banking business services high net worth individuals who have a minimum of $1 million to invest.



In contrast the minimum cut-off for Premier Banking is just Rs 25 lakh. Bankers said high net worth clients would prefer to shift their portfolio to other banks rather than continue with HSBC.

Russian Airstrikes Destroyed US Foreign Policy, not Rebels in Syria

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Russia has right to military response after jet downing: Naryshkin Reuters By Radu-Sorin Marinas 1 hour ago  By Radu-Sorin Marinas Related Stories Russia seeks economic revenge against Turkey over jet Reuters Russia and Turkey refuse to back down in row over jet downing Reuters Turkish military says did not know downed jet was Russian AFP Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Moscow denies airspace violation Reuters Russia targets Turkish economy over downed warplane AFP 25 years of Happy Holidays at EMI Rs. 3522* Sterling Holidays Sponsored  BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Russia has the right to make a military response after the downing of a Russian warplane earlier this week by NATO member Turkey, lower house speaker Sergei Naryshkin said on Friday. Speaking in an interview with Romanian television station Digi24, Naryshkin, who spoke in Russian and was translated by the broadcaster, said: "This is intentional murder of our soldiers and this deed must be punished." The shooting down of the Russian warplane by the Turkish air force on Tuesday was one of the most serious clashes between a NATO member and Russia, and further complicated international efforts to battle State militants. "We know those who did this and they must be judged. At the same time, the response from the Russian side will surely follow, in line with international law. And aside from this, Russia has also the right to military response," added Naryshkin, who was attending a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) in Bucharest. Naryshkin, who said economic measures against Turkey might be on the cards, said Moscow had allocated additional military resources on Thursday to boost the security of Russian warplanes. "Even yesterday, military resources were allocated, (for) the S400 Triumph, which is the most advanced missile defense system, with the role to maintain flight safety of Russian planes, of our military and air forces whose task is to destroy terrorist infrastructure of the so-called State and other organizations operating in Syria." World leaders have urged both sides to avoid escalation, and China's Foreign Ministry added its voice to that on Friday. On Thursday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying, Russia should apologize for violating Turkey's airspace. (Editing by Ralph Boulton)



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France in Syria Launched Heavy Airstrikes in Raqqa

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Francois Hollande and Vladimir Putin join hands, agree to ‘coordinate’ strikes against French President Francois Hollande has said that Russia and France had agreed to coordinate strikes against jihadists after talks with Vladimir Putin, who said Moscow could avoid bombing “healthy” opposition groups. “The strikes against rebels will be intensified and be the object of coordination,” Hollande said at a press conference with his Russian counterpart yesterday, adding that the strikes would focus on the transportation of oil. Hollande was in Moscow for the last leg of a diplomatic mission to rally support for a wider coalition against with the two leaders finding common ground as recent victims of attacks that killed hundreds of people. “We today agreed to intensify our joint work on the anti-terrorist track, to improve the exchange of information in the fight with terrorism, establish constructive work between our military specialists,” Putin said. “We have agreed… that we will exchange information about which territories are occupied by the healthy part of the opposition rather than terrorists, and will avoid targeting them with our airstrikes,” Putin said. Countries in the US-led coalition leading a parallel campaign to bomb targets have repeatedly accused Moscow of seeking to bolster Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime by attacking moderate groups fighting both Assad and rebels The role of Assad, however, remained a deeply divisive issue following the talks in the Kremlin, as the Russian leader said the Syrian army is a “natural partner in the fight against terrorism” battling on the ground.

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Donald Trump Thrashed For Mocking New York Times Reporter Serge Kovalesk...

www.youtube.com/murdikar007 Donald Trump Thrashed For Mocking New York Times Reporter Serge Kovaleski's Disability



Donald Trump denies mocking disabled reporter

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Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has denied mocking a disabled New York Times reporter during a campaign address earlier this week.

Mr Trump flailed his arms while referring to an article about the 9/11 attacks by Serge Kovaleski, who suffers from a congenital joint condition.

But the politician insisted he did not know what the reporter looked like.

He tweeted that he simply was "showing a person grovelling to take back a statement made long ago".

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The row erupted after Mr Trump's speech at a rally in South Carolina on Tuesday.

The billionaire property tycoon used a 2001 article by Mr Kovaleski, who at the time worked for the Washington Post, to back up his own widely disputed claims that "thousands" of Muslims in New Jersey celebrated the 11 September attacks in the US.

In his article, Mr Kovaleski's wrote that "law enforcement authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river" in Jersey City.

However, Mr Kovaleski recently told CNN he did "not recall anyone saying there were thousands, or even hundreds of people celebrating".

At the rally, Mr Trump accused of backing down from his own story.

"Now the poor guy, you gotta see this guy," the politician said, before launching into an apparent impression of Mr Kovaleski, waving his arms around with his hands at an odd angle.

"Uhh I don't know what I said. Uhh I don't remember. He's going like 'I don't remember. Maybe that's what I said.'"

Mr Kovaleski has arthrogryposis, a condition that affects the movement of joints and is noticeable in his right arm and hand.

Mr Kovaleski reported on Mr Trump between 1987 and 1993. He has said he is sure the businessman remembers him and his physical condition, the Washington Post reported.

The New York Times has called Mr Trump's actions "outrageous".

Russian Helicopters Strikes in Turkmen Mountain Area-Latakia, Syria

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Russia suspends cooperation with Turkey, threatens economic sanctions after 'treacherous' hit on warplane

Moscow: After vowing to carry out broad retaliatory measures against Turkey's economy to avenge the downing of one of its warplanes, Russia said on Thursday that it has suspended all cooperation with the Turkish military including a hotline set up to share information about Russian air strikes in Syria, TASS news agency reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan angrily rebuffed the Kremlin's demands for an apology and said his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, had snubbed a phone call from him after Tuesday's incident.

The downing of the plane on the Syrian border has raised fears it could fuel a wider geopolitical conflict, and highlighted the difficulty of forging consensus on Syria as French President Francois Hollande held talks with Putin in Moscow.

Hollande is trying to cobble together a broad coalition, including Russia, to crush the  group following the November 13 attacks in Paris.

While Russia has ruled out any military retaliation against Nato member Turkey, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev gave his ministers two days to work out "a system of response measures" in the economic and humanitarian spheres.

He said the punitive steps for what he termed "this act of aggression" could include halting joint economic projects, restricting financial and trade transactions and changing customs duties.

Measures could also target transport and tourism after Putin told citizens not to travel to Turkey, a hugely popular tourist destination for Russians.

The foreign ministry urged those already in Turkey to return home due to "existing terrorist threats".

Russia also tightened control over Turkish food imports over alleged safety standard violations.

Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev did not rule out that the measures could hit two major projects with Turkey — the planned Turk Stream gas pipeline and the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in a move that looks set to raise concerns in energy-poor Turkey.

Separately, Turkey on Thursday summoned the Russian ambassador to Ankara over an "unacceptable" violent demonstration over the plane shooting that took place outside the Turkish embassy in Moscow, the foreign ministry said.

'Shame on you'

Ahead of the Hollande talks on the Syrian crisis, Putin and Erdogan traded barbs, with the Russian leader saying he was waiting for an apology and Erdogan ruling out any such move.

"We are under the impression that the Turkish leadership is deliberately pushing Russian-Turkish relations into deadlock. We regret that," said Putin.

Putin dismissed Ankara's claim that it did not know the plane was Russian.

"We considered Turkey a friendly state and simply did not expect any attacks from there. That is why we consider this hit treacherous," he said.

He went on to accuse Turkey of failing to stop "industrial levels" of oil being transported there daily from Syria's "terrorist-controlled territories."

"These barrels are not only carrying oil but also the blood of our citizens, because with this money terrorists buy weapons and ammunition and then organise bloody attacks," he added.

Erdogan said earlier on Thursday that Putin had refused to answer his call and insisted his country did not buy any oil from IS.

 has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris that left 130 dead and 350 injured, and for the downing of a Russian jetliner over Egypt on October 31, killing all 224 on board.

"Shame on you. Those who claim we buy oil from Daesh are obliged to prove it. If not, you are a slanderer," he said in a speech, using an alternative name for

Analysts said that while both countries can ill-afford a permanent rupture in ties, the clash of egos between the two leaders could further damage relations.

"Their desire not to lose face has the potential to weaken otherwise pragmatic calculations to contain the crisis," said Anthony Skinner, director of political risk at Verisk Maplecroft consultancy.

Moscow targets rebels

The shooting down of the aircraft is thought to be the first downing of a Russian plane by a Nato member since 1952 when US pilots brought down a Soviet plane near Vladivostok during the Korean War.

Tuesday's incident led to the deaths of one of the two pilots and of a soldier who took part in a failed rescue operation — Moscow's first combat losses since the start of its Syria campaign.

On Thursday, Moscow said its forces had wiped out Syrian rebel groups operating in the area where its jet was brought down, unleashing a huge bombardment after rescuing the second pilot.

Moscow also said it had now stationed its most hi-tech S-400

Russian Guided Missile Cruiser Moskva Arrived in Latakia Port Syria

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Russian cruiser Moskva Moskva (Москва the Russian name for the city of Moscow, ex-Slava, Слава which means "Glory") is the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class of guided missile cruisers in the Russian Navy. The ship is currently held under the patronage of the city of Moscow. Slava was laid down in 1976 in Shipyard 445 of the 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant in Nikolayev, was launched in 1979, and commissioned on 30 January 1983. Slava played a role in the Malta Summit (2-3 December 1989) between Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush. Slava was used by the Soviet delegation, while the US delegation had their sleeping quarters aboard USS Belknap.[1][2][3] The ships were anchored in a roadstead off the coast of Marsaxlokk. Stormy weather and choppy seas resulted in some meetings being cancelled or rescheduled, and gave rise to the moniker the "Seasick Summit" among international media. In the end, the meetings took place aboard Maxim Gorkiy, a Soviet cruise ship anchored in the harbor at La Valletta. Slava returned to Nikolayev in December 1990 for a refit but was not returned to service until April 2000. As Moskva[edit] Recommissioned as Moskva in April 2000, she replaced the Kynda-class cruiser Admiral Golovko as the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.[4] In early April 2003, Moskva, along with Pytlivy, Smetlivy, and a landing ship departed Sevastopol for exercises in the Indian Ocean with a Pacific Fleet task group (Marshal Shaposhnikov and Admiral Panteleyev) and the Indian Navy.[5] The force was supported by the Project 1559V tanker Ivan Bubnov and the Project 712 ocean-going tug Shakhter. In August 2008, in response to the Georgian crisis, Moskva was deployed to secure the Black Sea.[6][7][8] After Russia's recognition of Abkhazia's independence, the ship was stationed at the Abkhazian capital, Sukhumi.[9] On 3 December 2009, Moskva was laid up for a month at floating dock PD-30 for a scheduled interim overhaul which comprised replacement of cooling and other machinery, reclamation work at bottom and outboard fittings, propulsion shafts and screws, clearing and painting of bottom and above-water parts of the ship's hull. In April 2010 it was reported that the cruiser would join other navy units in the Indian Ocean to conduct exercises.[10] In August 2013 the cruiser visited Havana, Cuba [11] In late August 2013, the cruiser was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in response to the build-up of American warships along the coast of Syria.[12] During the 2014 Crimean Crisis, Moskva was responsible for blockading the Ukrainian fleet in Donuzlav Lake.[13] On 18 November 2015, the cruiser was deployed to assist French Armed Forces in the fight It was announced on 25 November that Moskva would be deployed to the coastal Syria-Turkey border in response to the 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown.​

Russian S-400 Anti-Aircraft Missile System Reached Syria

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The S-400 Triumf (Russian: C-400 «Триумф», triumph; NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler), previously known as S-300PMU-3, is a new generation anti-aircraft weapon system developed by Russia's Almaz Central Design Bureau in the 1990s as an upgrade of the S-300 family. It has been in service with the Russian Armed Forces since 2007.



The S-400 uses three different missiles to cover its entire performance envelope. These are the extremely long range 40N6, long range 48N6 and medium range 9M96 missile. Each one has different capabilities.

The development of the S-400 system began in the late 1990s. The system was formally announced by the Russian Air Force in January 1999. On 12 February 1999, the first tests were performed at Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan which were reported successful. As a result of this, the S-400 was scheduled for deployment in the Russian army in 2001.[3]

In 2003 it first became apparent that the system was not ready for deployment, but in August two high-ranking military officials expressed concerns that the S-400 was being tested using 'obsolete' interceptors from the S-300P and concluded that it was not ready for production.[3]



Finally the completion of the project was announced in February 2004. In April, a ballistic missile was successfully intercepted in a test of the upgraded 48N6DM interceptor missile.[4][5] Officially accepted for service in 2007[6]



According to the media site price 1st Battalion (division(about 7-8 launchers)) in 2014, is $200 million,[7] $500 million (unknown number of other components).

30K6E administration system: manages 8 divisions (battalions)[9][10][11]

55K6E command and control centre based on Ural-532301.

91N6E[12] Panoramic radar detection system (range of 600 km) with protection against jamming. Mounted on an MZKT-7930. 300 targets. Decimetric band (S).[13]

6 battalions of 98ZH6E Surface-to-air missile systems consisting of (an independent combat system for autonomous operation):[14] Each battalion can hit no more than 6 goals on their own.[15]+2 another battalions if they are within range 40 km.

92N6(or 2)E Multi-functional radar (range of 400 km). 100 targets.[16]

5P85TE2 launchers and/or 5P85SE2 on the trailer (up to 12 launchers).

Surface-to-air missiles allowed by Russian Presidential decree: 48N6E, 48N6E2, 48N6E3, 48N6DM, 9M96E, 9M96E2 and ultra distance 40N6E.[17]

Own the radars system S-400 this is Active electronically scanned array (official government statement)[18]

Possible elements of the S-400 (98ZH6E):[14][19] 15I6ME - for moving the to the distance 98ZH6E 30/60/90 km away from 30K6E. 96L6E[20] - universal complex (all functions), the detection range of 300 km. 40B6M - tower for radar 92N6E or 96L6E. Anti - stealth: Protivnik-GE, Gamma-DE. Orion[21] passive sensor (locator) for target designation on the air defense system (coordinates 1 out of 3), Avtobaza-M passive sensor (locator) for target designation on the air defense system (coordinates 2 out of 3)[22] and Orion+ Avtobaza=the exact location. 1RL220BE[14] classified information[23] (or outdated), older versions (supposedly) were used for interference/anti-jamming[24] (inside/within passive sensor (locator)). Possible to apply the S-200D "Dubna" (SA-5c) missiles (400 km), well as various radars system S-300 (Air Defence versions (P family)) without the participation additional command and control centers.[25] Possible to apply the S-300 (SA-20A/SA-20B) missiles.[26] A-50/A-50U[9] aircraft early warning, command and control transfer target designation[27]



The 30К6Е control system can control:[14]



S-400 Triumph 98ZH6E system;

S-300PMU2 (through the 83М6Е2 control system);

S-300PMU1 (through the 83М6Е control system);

Tor-M1 through Ranzhir-M battery command post;

Pantsir-S1 through the lead battery vehicle;

Triumf kets – when carrying out additional works using the 30K6E administration system; reception of the route information from an additional integrated 92Н6Е radar system;



Radar type 96L6E/30K6E administration system, Protivnik-GE, Gamma-DE. Optional integration with the 92H6E radar system ensure communication between each battery with:



Baikal-E senior command posts and other similar types;

nearby 30К6Е, 83М6Е, and 83М6Е2 administration systems ;

Polyana-D4М1 command post;

command post for Russian fighter aircraft.

For export supply in coordination with foreign customers, with the purpose of integration in the system of defence from the customer are additional work on improvement of the 30K6E administration system for information technology pairing with anti-kets.

Palestinian Shot at after Attack on Israeli Soldier in West Bank

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Palestinian assailant killed after stabbing Israeli soldier



Mideast Israel Palestinians

Israeli soldiers stand at the scene of a shooting attack near the West Bank city of Hebron, not far from the Jewish settlement of Otniel, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on Friday, killing an Israeli father and son as they were driving in the West Bank and wounding at least one other person in the car, Israeli officials said, the latest in a nearly two-month rash of violence and almost daily Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers. AP Photo



JERUSALEM, Israel—A Palestinian assailant was shot and killed by Israeli forces after stabbing and seriously wounding an Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Wednesday, the latest in an unrelenting, two-month wave of violence.



Palestinian attacks in Tel Aviv, West Bank leave 5 dead



The Israeli military said the soldier was stabbed at a junction near the West Bank city of Hebron. Troops on the scene shot the attacker, who later died in a Jerusalem hospital.



The attack comes a day after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the region to try to calm tensions. The violence erupted in mid-September over tensions surrounding a sensitive Jerusalem holy site and quickly spread across Israel and into the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The past week has been the deadliest of the outburst so far.



READ: Palestinian kills 2 Israelis; 2 Palestinians die in clashes



Attacks by Palestinians have killed 19 Israelis and 91 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, among them 58 said by Israel to be assailants. The rest were killed in clashes with Israeli forces.



Ibrahim Dawoud, a 16-year-old Palestinian, died Wednesday from bullet wounds he sustained in clashes with Israeli troops in Ramallah in mid-November, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.



Israel says the violence stems from Palestinian incitement and incendiary videos on social media. Most of the attackers have been young Palestinians in their teens and early 20s.



The Palestinians say the violence is rooted in frustration over nearly a half-century of Israeli occupation and lack of hope for obtaining independence.



There were no signs that Kerry made any headway in easing tensions during his meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The unrest has sunk the chances of a renewed peace push during the Obama administration’s final year.

Russia in Syria Struck More Targets in Rebel Held Area of Idlib

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Navigator of Downed Russian Plane Says There Was No Warning MOSCOW — The Russian navigator who parachuted out of a warplane shot down by Turkey said Wednesday that there had been no warning before a missile slammed into the aircraft, giving him and the pilot no time to dodge the missile. FROM OUR ADVERTISERS The navigator, Capt. Konstantin V. Murakhtin, was rescued by special forces troops who followed his radio beacon and negotiated his release from the insurgents who were holding him. “There were no warnings from either the radio channel or visually, there was no contact at all,” he told the Interfax news agency from the Russian air base outside Latakia, Syria. The pilot, Lt. Col. Oleg A. Peshkov, was killed by ground fire from insurgents as his parachute descended. Continue reading the main story RELATED COVERAGE Protesters outside the Russian consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday during a demonstration against Russia's policy in Syria.Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian JetNOV. 25, 2015 Kirsan N. Ilyumzhinov, shown in 2011, is accused of “materially assisting” the government of Syria and top banking officials there.U.S. Announces Sanctions on 2 Accused of Dealings With Assad or ISISNOV. 25, 2015 graphic Who Has Gained Ground in Syria Since Russia Began Its AirstrikesOCT. 1, 2015 NATO-Russia Tensions Rise After Turkey Downs JetNOV. 24, 2015 Turkish Jets Shoot Down Drone Near SyriaOCT. 16, 2015 The aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in a rebel-held area of Aleppo, Syria, earlier this month.Who Is Fighting Whom in SyriaSEPT. 30, 2015 Captain Murakhtin’s account directly contradicted that of Turkish officials, who said the pilots had been warned 10 times in five minutes not to transgress into Turkish airspace, even the sliver of territory that the plane crossed in 17 seconds. The Russians have been adamant that the warplane was shot down over Syria, not Turkey. It crashed about two and a half miles from the border, Russia said, and the pilots parachuted into Syria. NEWS CLIPS: EUROPE By REUTERS 1:15 Russians Pelt Turkish Embassy with Eggs Continue reading the main storyVideo Russians Pelt Turkish Embassy with Eggs Russians threw eggs and tomatoes at the Turkish embassy in Moscow on Wednesday and called for retaliation after Turkey shot down a Russian jet. By REUTERS on Publish Date November 25, 2015. Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/European Pressphoto Agency. Watch in Times Video » Embed Share Tweet Captain Murakhtin said he and Colonel Peshkov had stuck to their combat flight plan and were flying their bomber in “normal mode” when the attack occurred. Given the speed at which they were traveling, he said, the F-16 should have flown a parallel course as a standard visual warning. “There was not even a threat of crossing into Turkey,” Captain Murakhtin said. Captain Murakhtin’s account was sure to further inflame sentiment in Russia. Its defense minister announced on Wednesday that it would deploy its most powerful air defense system in Syria. Protesters gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in Moscow, pelting it with eggs and rocks, shattering windows. In Washington, a senior United States military official who was briefed on the radar tracking of the Russian warplane said Wednesday that the data showed that the aircraft transited Turkish airspace, as Turkey has insisted. “They crossed into Turkish airspace,” the official said of the pilots, speaking on the condition of anonymity as the official was not authorized to discuss confidential military reports. Such data was not likely to deflate the pronounced anger and outrage on the Russian side. The country’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, said Russia had “no intention” of going to war against Turkey but reinforced the sharp criticism of Turkey as a haven for terrorists that Russia started soon after the plane was shot down. NEWS CLIPS: EUROPE By REUTERS 1:46 Putin Criticizes Turkish Leaders Continue reading the main storyVideo Putin Criticizes Turkish Leaders A day after Turkey shot down one of Moscow’s jets, Russian president Vladimir V. Putin said Turkey’s political leaders had been "supporting the Islamization of their country." By REUTERS on Publish Date November 25, 2015. Photo by Pool photo by Alexei Nikolsky. Watch in Times Video » Embed Share Tweet Mr. Lavrov repeated that he thought the shooting down of the military jet was a premeditated strike and hinted that the United States had a hand in it. “We have enough information to confirm that this was a preplanned act,” Mr. Lavrov said at a news conference. Turkey was just looking for a “pretext” to shoot down the plane, he said. Mr. Lavrov suggested that the United States

Russia in Syria Airstrikes in Idlib Aleppo With New Weapons

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Russian Pilot Safe After Jet Shot Down on Syria-Turkey Border MOSCOW — The Russian pilot plucked from behind enemy lines after his jet was shot down by Turkey said Wednesday he was eager to get back to the battlefield. A 12-hour rescue operation successfully brought Capt. Konstantin Murtakhtin — who had ejected from the plane — back to a Russian base in Syria's Latakia province early Wednesday, according to a tweet from the Defense Ministry. Murtakhtin said he was "alright in general now" following the dramatic events. "Our military medics can work wonders," he said in remarks carried on Russian television. "I am very eager to be discharged from the hospital to get back to the ranks. I will be asking the command to keep me on this base — I have a little debt to pay back for the commander," he added, referring to Lt. Col. Oleg Peshkov, who Moscow said died in the ordeal. Murtakhtin's warplane crashed in an area controlled by militants trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad, a key Russian ally who the West accuses of trying to prop up through airstrikes. Russia says it is targeting ISIS with airstrikes — but many areas where the extremists don't have a presence have been bombed and other anti-Assad groups say their positions have been hit. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Murtakhtin had managed to evade capture in hostile territory with the help of Syrian special forces. Murtakhtin was awarded an Order of Courage medal, while Peshkov was posthumously given the Hero of Russia award — one of the highest honorary titles bestowed by the Russian government. Image: Russian warplane is shot down in Syria A Russian warplane crashes in flames in northern Syria after it was shot down by Turkish fighter jets on Tuesday. Haberturk via Reuters Russia has flatly denied Turkey's claim that its pilots were warned at least 10 times in five minutes before the jet was shot down. "The Russian plane was shot from behind, without warning," Russian Ambassador to France Alexander Orlov told Europe 1 radio. Murtakhtin also rejected Turkey's version, saying that "there was no contact at all ... . The missile hit the plane's tail all of a sudden. We didn't even have a visual of it." Russia's military said that Alexander Pozynich, who was among those dispatched to rescue the pilots, had died in the operation. Pozynich was also awarded the Order of Courage posthumously. Facebook Twitter Google Plus Embed Syrian Rebels Claim To Have Destroyed Russian Helicopter 0:32 The incident between Russia and Turkey has ratcheted up East-West tensions and threatened to scupper international efforts to defeat ISIS and find a diplomatic solution to the Syrian civil war. There were signs that Turkey was attempting to prevent the situation from boiling over. Turkey's Foreign Ministry issued a statement late Tuesday saying "we have no intentions whatsoever to escalate the situation. Our contacts with the Russian authorities are ongoing to this end." Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said while Moscow will not wage war on Turkey, it would seriously reconsider relations and does not have plans to host any visits from Turkish officials.

Russia Deploying Anti-Aircraft Missiles in Syria after Turkey Shot Fight...

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Tensions rise as Russia says it's deploying anti-aircraft missiles to Syria

Tensions in the Middle East ratcheted up dangerously Wednesday, a day after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane, with the Turkish President accusing Russia of deceit and Russia announcing it would deploy anti-aircraft missiles to Syria.



Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said on his ministry's Twitter feed that the country would deploy S-400 defense missile systems to its Hmeymim airbase near Latakia, on Syria's Mediterranean coast.



The missiles have a range of 250 kilometers, according to the missilethreat.com website -- or 155 miles. The Turkish border is less than 30 miles away.



And Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Russian TV on Wednesday that Russia has "serious doubts" that Turkey's downing of its warplane Tuesday was "an unpremeditated act."



"It looks very much like a planned provocation," Lavrov said.



For his part, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned what he said was the violation of Turkish airspace by Russian warplanes, calling the incident an infringement of his country's sovereignty.



He charged Russia with propping up the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad -- a regime he said was inflicting terrorism on its own people. His remarks came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of being "the terrorists' accomplices" for shooting down a plane he claimed was on an anti-terrorism mission.



Erdogan disputed that claim in a speech Wednesday.



"There is no Daesh," in the area where the Russian planes were flying, Erdogan said, using another name for ISIS. "Do not deceive us! We know the locations of ISIS."

An alarming wave of international turbulence

And experts agreed.



"None of the targets that ... the Russians were going after had anything to do with ISIS. Those were all those Turkmen groups," said CNN military analyst Cedric Leighton, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel.





The Turkmen minority in that part of northern Syria has strong ties to the Turkish government, which wants to afford them a degree of protection. Anyone who bombs that area attacks "our brothers and sisters -- Turkmen," Erdogan said.



Erdogan said Turkey had no intention of escalating the situation. But the fire in his words showed that the conflict in Syria has now churned up a new and alarming wave of international turbulence.



High stakes are at play in Syria, where the United States, Russia and a swarm of other global, regional and local forces are entangled in the civil war.



Turkey, a NATO member, said it had repeatedly warned the Russian warplane, shooting it down only after it ignored several warnings and violated Turkish airspace. Russia rejected that version of events, saying the Sukhoi Su-24 bomber was attacked 1 kilometer inside Syrian territory.



But Erdogan claimed parts of the downed plane had fallen inside Turkey, injuring two people.





Adding to the tensions were the fates of the two Russian pilots aboard the bomber.



Turkmen rebels operating in the area of Syria where the plane went down appeared to claim in a video that they shot both pilots to death as they parachuted toward the ground. CNN couldn't independently confirm the claim.



The Russian military said it believed one of the pilots was dead. The Russian Defense ministry said Wednesday that the second pilot had been rescued and was safe.



The military also said a Russian marine was killed when a helicopter came under attack during the search-and-rescue efforts.

Russian Fighter Downed, Angry Putin Sends Strong Message to Turkey with ...

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A Russia expert explains how Putin will likely respond to his downed plane Updated by Zack Beauchamp on November 24, 2015, 5:30 p.m. ET @zackbeauchamp zack@vox.com On Tuesday, Turkey shot down a Russian warplane that it says had crossed into its airspace from Syria. Though Russia denies it had violated Turkish airspace, Turkey has been complaining of such Russian violations ever since Russia began its military intervention in Syria this September. To understand why Russia might do this and how Moscow might respond to this incident, I called Mark Galeotti, a professor at NYU's Center for Global Affairs who focuses on Russia. He suggested that Russia could have been poking at NATO, as it has in the past, but also discussed some much deeper, and more important, issues in the Russia-Turkey relationship and Russia's military adventure in Syria. What follows is a transcript of our conversation, edited for length and clarity. Zack Beauchamp: Why would Russia fly into Turkey's airspace in the first place? Mark Galeotti: There are a few possible reasons. First is pilot error. They were operating near the border and so strayed over by mistake. It's unlikely, given modern avionics, but nonetheless we can't completely exclude the possibility. The second thing is that this could, since Turkey is a NATO state, have been Russia just trying to flex its political-diplomatic muscles. Wanting to make the point that they can do this with impunity — which, of course, they have done in NATO's northern reaches. The third possibility is that this was just a brief foray into Turkish airspace, and the bomber pilot was just setting up an attack run. And given that the Turks are actively supporting some pretty toxic rebel groups, it could have been that the target was just inside Turkish borders. That's the problem when you have a target-rich environment on both sides of the borderline. It's [also] worth noting that we heard that one of the two pilots was gunned down by rebels while parachuting down, which means that it's possible that it was in Syria. Nonetheless, the fact that the Russians are operating so close to the Turkish border in any case does say something about a certain arrogance and a certain brinksmanship. Zack Beauchamp: Speaking of brinksmanship: Immediately after the attack, Putin threatened "serious consequences" for the Turks after the plane went down. How seriously should we take his threat? Mark Galeotti: These days it's very hard to predict Putin. But I suspect Moscow is not keen to start yet another diplomatic war, let alone anything more than that. They're stuck in a quagmire in Ukraine. There's a very dangerous commitment to Syria. They have a whole series of international sanctions on them. What we're likely to see is some kind of symbolic act: maybe banning Turkish airliners from landing in Russian airports, some kind of economic sanctions, words with the Turkish ambassador, that kind of thing. [Ed. note: after this conversation, the Russian Ministry of Defense suspended military-to-military communications with its Turkish counterparts.] At the same time, they'll hope for there being even the faintest signs of contrition from Ankara, which would allow Putin to tell the Russian people that "the Turks messed up, the Turks have acknowledged that, we move on." Zack Beauchamp: So what is the Russian public reaction to this going to be? Mark Galeotti: The first indications are that there's a definite surge of public anger. They only know what the Kremlin is going to tell them, which is that this was a Turkish attack on a Russian plane over Syria while it was trying to bomb terrorist targets. All Putin's rhetoric about being stabbed in the back will have resonance, particularly because Russians — even more so than many other people — are very conscious of their history. Russia has a long pre-Soviet history of rivalry with the Turkish Ottoman Empire, and a sense that the Turks are not to be trusted, rooted in crude cultural stereotypes. But one has to realize that it's not as though they're demanding war: They can, to a large extent, be modulated and if need be distracted through the state controlled media. I don't think this is, in any meaningful sense, a constraint on the Kremlin. "TURKEY HAS — AT BEST — BEEN A FRENEMY TO MOSCOW" In Russia, the whole Syrian adventure has been played as "strike the terrorists in Syria before we have to fight them in Russia." It's been sold as an operation that's tremendously successful. You could argue with how effective the airstrikes are — let's be honest, the best the Russian airstrikes can do is slightly slow the rate at which Assad is losing the war; they won't turn the tide. But that's not how it's being sold in Moscow. Finally, it's been sold as a safe operation: no large ground troop commitments, the

Russia Deploys Missile Cruiser Moskva off Syria Coast to Destroy Any Danger

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Russia deploys missile cruiser off Syria coast, ordered to destroy any target posing danger

Moscow plans to suspend military cooperation with Ankara after the downing of a Russian bomber by Turkish air forces, Russian General Staff representatives said on Tuesday. Further measures to beef up Russian air base security in Syria will also be taken.

Each and every strike groups’ operation is to be carried out under the guise of fighter jets

Air defense to be boosted with the deployment of Moskva guided missile cruiser off Latakia coast with an aim to destroy any target that may pose danger

Military contacts with Turkey to be suspendedSergey Rudskoy, a top official with the Russian General Staff, condemned the attack on the Russian bomber in Syrian airspace by a Turkish fighter jet as “a severe violation of international law”. He stressed that the Su-24 was downed over the Syrian territory. The crash site was four kilometers away from the Turkish border, he said.

Rudskoy said the Russian warplane did not violate Turkish airspace. Additionally, according to the Hmeymim airfield radar, it was the Turkish fighter jet that actually entered Syrian airspace as it attacked the Russian bomber.



The Turkish fighter jet made no attempts to contact Russian pilots before attacking the bomber, Rudskoy added.



“We assume the strike was carried out with a close range missile with an infra-red seeker,” Rudskoy said. “The Turkish jet made no attempts to communicate or establish visual contact with our crew that our equipment would have registered. The Su-24 was hit by a missile over Syria’s territory.”

ussia now plans to implement new measures aimed at strengthening the security of the country’s air base in Syria and in particular to bolster air defense.



Russian guided missile cruiser Moskva, equipped with the ‘Fort’ air defense system, similar to the S-300, will be deployed off Latakia province's coast.



"We warn that every target posing a potential threat will be destroyed,” lieutenant general Sergey Rudskoy said during the briefing.



The Moskva (‘Moscow’) missile cruise is a flagship vessel of the Russian Black Sea fleet and is one of the fleet’s two biggest ships. The cruiser was stationed in Sevastopol but left in summer 2015 after being deployed to the Mediterranean Sea where it joined Russia’s standing naval force in the Mediterranean.



Since September 30, the Moskva cruiser acts as a covering force for the Russian air forces in Syria while deployed in the eastern Mediterranean.



“All military contacts with Turkey will be suspended,” Rudskoy added.

Turkey claims that it downed the Russian bomber in Turkish airspace after the plane was given 10 warnings in the space of five minutes as it approached the country’s territory.



"Nobody should doubt that we made our best efforts to avoid this latest incident. But everyone should respect the right of Turkey to defend its borders," Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara.



"The data we have is very clear. There were two planes approaching our border, we warned them as they were getting too close," another senior Turkish official told Reuters.



"Our findings show clearly that Turkish air space was violated multiple times. And they violated it knowingly."



US President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Francois Hollande urged Russia and Turkey away from further escalation during a meeting in Washington, while NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg voiced the alliance’s support for Turkey.



A US military spokesman also said that the incident involves only Turkey and Russia and does not affect the US-led campaign in Syria, which will continue “as planned”.

Turkey Shot Down Russian Fighter Plane

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Turkey Downs Russian Warplane on Syria Border; Pilot Reportedly Captured



Turkey Downs Russian Warplane on Syria Border; Pilot Reportedly Captured

A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet was shot down at the Syrian border.



ANKARA:  Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian-made warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday after repeatedly warning it over air space violations, Turkish officials said, but Moscow said it could prove the jet had not left Syrian air space.



Turkish presidential sources said the warplane was a Russian-made SU-24. The Turkish military, which did not confirm the plane's origin, said it had been warned 10 times in the space of five minutes about violating Turkish airspace.



Russia's defence ministry said one of its fighter jets had been downed in Syria, apparently after coming under fire from the ground, but said it could prove the plane was over Syria for the duration of its flight, Interfax news agency reported.



Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was briefed by the head of the military, while Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ordered consultations with NATO, the United Nations and related countries, their respective offices said.



The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said the warplane crashed in a mountainous area in the northern countryside of Latakia province, where there had been aerial bombardment earlier and where pro-government forces have been battling insurgents on the ground.



Both Russia and its ally, Syria's government, have carried out strikes in the area. A Syrian military source said the reported downing was being investigated.



Footage from private Turkish broadcaster Haberturk TV showed the warplane going down in flames in a woodland area, a long plume of smoke trailing behind it. The plane went down in area known by Turks as "Turkmen Mountain", it said.



Separate footage from Turkey's Anadolu Agency showed two pilots parachuting out of the jet before it crashed.



One of the pilots was in the hands of Turkmen forces in Syria who were searching for the other pilot, broadcaster CNN Turk reported, citing local sources.



Turkey called this week for a UN Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Turkmens in neighbouring Syria, and last week Ankara summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the bombing of their villages.



Ankara has traditionally expressed solidarity with Syrian Turkmens, who are Syrians of Turkish descent.



About 1,700 people have fled the mountainous Syrian area to the Turkish border as a result of fighting in the last three days, a Turkish official said on Monday. Russian jets have bombed the area in support of ground operations by Syrian government forces.

Turkey Shot Down Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fighter Jet- Pilot Captured

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Turkey Downs Russian Warplane on Syria Border; Pilot Reportedly Captured



Turkey Downs Russian Warplane on Syria Border; Pilot Reportedly Captured

A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet was shot down at the Syrian border.



ANKARA:  Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian-made warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday after repeatedly warning it over air space violations, Turkish officials said, but Moscow said it could prove the jet had not left Syrian air space.



Turkish presidential sources said the warplane was a Russian-made SU-24. The Turkish military, which did not confirm the plane's origin, said it had been warned 10 times in the space of five minutes about violating Turkish airspace.



Russia's defence ministry said one of its fighter jets had been downed in Syria, apparently after coming under fire from the ground, but said it could prove the plane was over Syria for the duration of its flight, Interfax news agency reported.



Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was briefed by the head of the military, while Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ordered consultations with NATO, the United Nations and related countries, their respective offices said.



The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said the warplane crashed in a mountainous area in the northern countryside of Latakia province, where there had been aerial bombardment earlier and where pro-government forces have been battling insurgents on the ground.



Both Russia and its ally, Syria's government, have carried out strikes in the area. A Syrian military source said the reported downing was being investigated.



Footage from private Turkish broadcaster Haberturk TV showed the warplane going down in flames in a woodland area, a long plume of smoke trailing behind it. The plane went down in area known by Turks as "Turkmen Mountain", it said.



Separate footage from Turkey's Anadolu Agency showed two pilots parachuting out of the jet before it crashed.



One of the pilots was in the hands of Turkmen forces in Syria who were searching for the other pilot, broadcaster CNN Turk reported, citing local sources.



Turkey called this week for a UN Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Turkmens in neighbouring Syria, and last week Ankara summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the bombing of their villages.



Ankara has traditionally expressed solidarity with Syrian Turkmens, who are Syrians of Turkish descent.



About 1,700 people have fled the mountainous Syrian area to the Turkish border as a result of fighting in the last three days, a Turkish official said on Monday. Russian jets have bombed the area in support of ground operations by Syrian government forces.

Brussels kept on High Alert Fearing Paris Like Attack

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Brussels Remains on Highest Alert Level as Manhunts Expand

Terrorism Raids in Belgium Yield 16 Arrests

BRUSSELS — After a dramatic security sweep late Sunday marked by the deployment of soldiers in the historic center of the Belgian capital, the authorities here announced early Monday that 16 people had been arrested in a joint police and military operation to try to head off what the prime minister earlier described as a “serious and imminent” threat of a Paris-style terrorist assault.



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Belgian security forces conducted 19 raids in the Brussels region on Sunday and three in the southern town of Charleroi, Eric Van der Sijpt, a magistrate and spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office, said at a late-night news conference. Backed by heavily armed soldiers, the police also sealed off at least two areas of central Brussels, including streets around the city’s medieval central square, the Grand Place, a major tourist attraction.



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But the main target of the clampdown, Salah Abdeslam, suspected to be one of the gunmen in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, was not among those arrested, Mr. Van der Sijpt said. The raids also uncovered no weapons or explosives, he added.



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A Belgian soldier stood guard at the Grand Place Central Square in Brussels on Sunday. Credit Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The Belgian news media reported Sunday that Mr. Abdeslam, a resident of the Brussels borough of Molenbeek whose brother was a suicide bomber in Paris, had been seen in the eastern city of Liège but then vanished again. Mr. Van der Sijpt declined to take questions on that or other aspects of the Belgian investigation into the links between the Paris attacks and Belgium.



He said several shots were fired by the police in Molenbeek late Sunday when, during a raid on a snack bar, a car drove toward officers. One person was wounded, he added.



Sunday’s raids and show of force in the center of Brussels escalated what had been mostly low-key precautions into a highly visible and often jittery military-style operation in a city usually associated with the somnolent activity of the European Union.



The operation, the biggest in the Belgian capital since the Paris attack, began shortly after a government meeting on the crisis and a decision to maintain for a second day the highest possible alert level in Brussels.



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“We fear an attack similar to the one in Paris,” Prime Minister Charles Michel said Sunday at a news conference. “A number of individuals could launch an attack on several locations in Brussels simultaneously.” He spoke amid a growing mood of crisis as the authorities extended the hunt for Mr. Abdeslam, believed to be the only known survivor from three terrorist squads that attacked Paris, and for a widening number of suspects in Belgium linked to it.



Police officers and soldiers in camouflage blocked roads around the central headquarters of the Brussels police, near the Grand Place, and around the offices of the federal police.



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Russia in Syria Pilots Wrote Message on Bombs before Airstrikes

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This Is For Paris': Russian Pilots Write Messages On Bombs Against ISIS

Contributed by JAKE CARTER on November 22, 2015 at 4:17 am

Russian Federation says its aerial campaign targets IS and other “terrorists” but rebel forces and their backers accuse Moscow of focusing on moderate and Islamist fighters over jihadists.









“They have increased the number of strikes against ISIL, particularly in Raqqa, Deir-ez-Zor and down in a few of the oil infrastructure in eastern Syria, southeastern Syria”, Ryder said.



‘Pilots and technicians of Hmeymim airbase have sent their message to terrorists by priority airmail, ‘ said a caption accompanying the post.



Moscow fired 18 missiles from ships in its Caspian Sea fleet at seven targets in the Raqqa, Idlib and Aleppo provinces, according to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.



In at least 50 bombing raids, towns across Deir al-Zor province, including near the Iraqi border, were hit and dozens of vehicles and fuel oil tankers were destroyed, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.



Mr Putin said Russian Federation still faced a lot of work.



Later the president’s spokesman told the BBC there was no talk of putting troops on the ground in Syria.



And a member of the Russian ground crew wrote “For Ours” on another bomb – a reference to the Sinai jet crash last month. Russia concluded that it was a bomb that blew up the plane, killing 224 people, almost all of them Russians.



Putin praised the Russian operation in Syria – its largest foreign intervention outside the former Soviet Union since it occupied Afghanistan in 1979 – but said it was “still not sufficient” to wipe out the jihadists in the country.



Meanwhile, Turkey has warned Russian Federation that it must immediately stop bombing “civilian Turkmen villages” in Syria, close to the Turkish border.



Russia, which is also stepping up its own air campaign against IS, yesterday unleashed cruise missiles from warships in the Caspian Sea at targets across Syria for only the second time since it started bombings in September.

Russia in Syria- Heavy Bombers Aerial Refuelling Exercise Over Syrian Sky

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Russia says kills 11 militants who had sworn allegiance to Islamic State

Russian security services have killed 11 Islamist militants who had been helping smuggle fighters across borders to Syria to join Islamic State, the country's anti-terrorism committee said.



It said the militants were holed up in a fortified base in a wooded, mountainous area of the Kabardino-Balkaria republic in southern Russia, near the city of Nalchik.



"The armed group organized channels for residents of the republic to be sent to the territory of the Syrian Arabic Republic so that they could take part in activities by terrorist groups," the anti-terrorism committee said in a statement.



Russia began a large-scale bombing campaign against targets in Syria on Sept. 30, which Moscow says is focused on Islamic State militants but critics say targets a wider band of opponents of Moscow's ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.



The focus on Islamic State has intensified since a Russian airliner was brought down by a bomb over Egypt's Sinai peninsula with the loss of over 200 lives. The group says it planted the bomb as a response to actions by the Russian Air Force and predicted more attacks on Russia.



The anti-terrorism committee said the militants were also preparing a series of attacks in the North Caucasus region.



Moscow has for many years battled to quell an insurgency by militants in the North Caucasus, a patchwork of mainly Muslim republics on Russia's southern rim, where separatists fought two wars in the 1990s.



(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Editing by Ralph Boulton)

Russia in Syria Airstrikes on ISIS by Long Range Tupolev Bombers

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Syria crisis: Russia, Assad forces launch heaviest strikes on Islamic State-held territory since war began, monitor says

At least 36 people were killed in air strikes by Russian and Syrian jets on Islamic State-controlled Deir Ezzor province on Friday, a monitor says, describing them as the heaviest in the region since the start of the Syrian civil war.



Russia pounded the jihadist group in Syria, firing cruise missiles from warships in the Caspian Sea after president Vladimir Putin vowed retaliation for a bombing that brought down a Russian airliner in Egypt last month.



 Russian military updates president on Syria campaign

PHOTO: Image purporting to show president Vladimir Putin reviewing the results of the Syrian operation. (Facebook: Russian Defence Ministry)

Russia's Syria review:



Syria air group: 69

Sorties: 522

Bombs dropped: 1,400 tonnes

Naval group: 10 ships, six in Mediterranean Sea

Air- and sea-based cruise missiles launched: 101

Enemy object destroyed: 826

Oil prevented from entering black market: 60,000 tonnes

Source: Russian Defence Ministry Facebook, November 20, 2015

At the United Nations, member states backed a motion calling for action against the Islamic State group (IS) a week after 130 people were killed in Paris, the worst such attack on French soil also claimed by the jihadist group based in Syria and Iraq.



"At least 36 people were killed and dozens more injured in more than 70 raids carried out by Russian and Syrian planes against several districts in Deir Ezzor," Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.



He described the raids, which targeted several large cities and smaller towns in the province and three oil fields, as "the worst bombardment of the region since the start of the uprising in 2011".



The province and most of the provincial capital is held by IS militants, with the exception of the military airport and a few areas controlled by the regime.



Russia began bombing in Syria in September at the request of its long-standing ally, president Bashar al-Assad, while a US-led coalition is conducting its own air campaign against IS.



Mr Putin this week pledged to hunt down and "punish" those behind a bombing that brought down a passenger jet in Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board in an attack claimed by IS.



Moscow claimed to have killed more than 600 fighters after hitting seven targets in the Raqqa, Idlib and Aleppo provinces, its defence minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.





YOUTUBE: Russian military video purports to show aerial bombing of eastern Syria. (Russian Defence Ministry)

It was the second time that warships have been used since the start of the bombing campaign on September 30.



Mr Putin praised the Russian operation in Syria — its largest foreign intervention outside the former Soviet Union since it occupied Afghanistan in 1979 — but said it was "still not sufficient" to wipe out the jihadists in the country.



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As long as the West fails to act against the Assad government, Islamic State will continue to flourish, writes Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill.

The UN Security Council has backed a French-drafted measure calling on member states to "take all necessary measures" to fight IS, a week after the Paris attack.



The US-led coalition fighting IS said on Monday it had destroyed 116 fuel trucks used by the jihadists in eastern Syria in one of its largest raids in weeks.



IS reportedly makes millions of dollars in revenue from oil fields under its control, and the coalition has regularly targeted oil infrastructure held by the group.



An investigation by British newspaper The Financial Times last month estimated the jihadists reap some $US1.5 million a day from oil, based on the price of $45 a barrel.

Crimea Power Lines Are Blown Up, Cutting Off Electricity

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Power Lines to Crimea Are Blown Up, Cutting Off Electricity



Saboteurs blew up the main power lines leading into Crimea early Sunday, plunging the disputed peninsula into darkness overnight and prompting the Russian government to impose a state of emergency there.



The more than 1.8 million residents of the peninsula lacked electricity, Russian news agencies reported, although backup generators were being used to provide power to hospitals and for other vital purposes.



Unknown assailants, but presumably Ukrainian nationalists, knocked out all four of the main electricity lines running through the Kherson region of Ukraine, the reports said. The first two were heavily damaged on Friday, and the second two were blown up on Sunday shortly after midnight, the reports said.



Reports in Ukraine said that the police had clashed with activists from the right-wing nationalist Right Sector movement in the area on Saturday after the initial damage. Ukraine still claims the peninsula.



When the first two lines were shut down on Friday, Crimea’s ministry of fuel and energy warned residents that disruptions in the power supply were possible and suggested that they stock up on batteries, water and other essentials.



Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014, but some of the main utilities, including electricity, still run from the Ukrainian mainland. Russia plans to replace them with power lines coming from the Russian mainland instead, but those are not yet complete.



The authorities in the Russian naval port of Sebastopol were using diesel generators and gas turbines to supply power to different neighborhoods on a rotating basis, the Tass news agency reported. The destroyed lines to all of Crimea were expected to be at least partially restored later Sunday, the Russian reports said.



Russia’s annexation of Crimea and support for separatists in eastern Ukraine provoked the worst crisis in relations between Russia and the West since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, with the West imposing economic sanctions.