Russia says it has repelled a drone and missile attack on Hmeymim air base in Syria’s Latakia Province. Russian Ministry of Defence has accused the former Nusra Front militants of being behind the assault. The Ministry said, it shot down six missiles fired at the air base. 

Russia summoned the Israeli Ambassador to Moscow following the downing of a Russian plane over Syria, which the Russian Defence Ministry has blamed on the Israeli Air Force. According to a representative of the ministry's press service, the Israeli Ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign ...