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Russia and Turkey will conduct their first joint air force operation against the terrorist grouping Islamic State in the suburbs of al-Bab in the Aleppo province, reported TASS, cited by the Focus agency.

BELGRADE - The overhaul and upgrade of the six MiG-29 fighter jets donated to Serbia by Russia will cost 185 mln euros, and they could start flying at the end of 2017, Serbian Defence Minister Zoran Djordjevic said Friday.

If the overhaul is carried out at the Moma Stanojlovic Aviation Institute, this could happen sooner, Djordjevic told a press conference.

MOSCOW - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic, who is on a one-day visit to Moscow, on Wednesday toured a Russian air force training range, where he attended a presentation of Russian-made airplanes and military equipment.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic will be on a one-day visit to Moscow on Wednesday to meet with Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu.

Vucic and Shoygu will finalise agreements on Serbia's purchase of modern fighter planes and discuss all other aspects of military economic and military education cooperation, Vucic's office announced.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Dec. 22 the regaining of full control of the northern city of Aleppo was a victory for his Russian and Iranian allies as much as his own country. 

Russia will support Serbia by giving it six MiG-29 warplanes free of charge, as well tanks and scout vehicles, Aleksandar Vucic said in Moscow on Wednesday.

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BELGRADE - MANPADS could fall into terrorists' hands after the US lifts restrictions on supplies of arms to Syria allies, and that would be the worst outcome of this decision, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

The danger of MANPADS falling into terrorists' hands is a "regional and a global threat," Peskov said.

The Syrian army and its allies announced the capture of a swathe of eastern Aleppo from rebels on Nov. 28 in an accelerating attack that threatens to crush the opposition in its most important urban stronghold. 

Since Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014 and the military operations in eastern Ukraine, the concept of a "Cold War" has become part of our daily lexicon again. While the U.S.-led Western alliance hasn't fully digested the annexation of Crimea and has been busy developing strategies on how to best confront Russian expansionism in Eastern Europe, the Kremlin decided to get directly involved in

BELGRADE - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law on ratifying an agreement between Russia and Syria on the deployment of an aviation group of the Russian armed forces in the Syrian Arab Republic, the Kremlin press service reported on Friday.