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2018-09-24 Russian officials state that the country will send S-300 air-defense missile system to Syria within two weeks following the downing of Russian aircraft in Syria. Russia also stated it will commence jamming radar and satellite signals of planes that attack Syrian territory from the Mediterranean. Russia

2018-02-14 Russian aircraft carry out airstrikes in Ma'arrat Hurma village in Idlib, Syria, killing seven civilians and injuring 10 others. Russia

2018-02-3 The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that unidentified rebel factions have shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 jet over the Idlib Governorate, near Maarrat al-Nu'man, also killing its pilot. The pilot had escaped with his parachute but was killed on the ground while he fought with a pistol to evade capture. No groups claim responsibility. Russia's Ministry of Defence corroborates this version of events. Russia

2016-09-10 The U.S. Obama administration and the Russian Putin administration agree to a Syrian peace deal. The deal is intended to end combat in specified areas and create a joint center of combat to fight ISIL and Al-Nusra Front. Russia

2016-08-17 Federal Security Service (FSB) officers kill at least four suspected North Caucasus Islamic militants during a counter-terrorism raid on an apartment building in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. Russia

2013-09-14 The United States and Russia reach a deal on Syrian chemical weapons. Russia

2013-04-22 A man goes on a shooting rampage outside a firearm shop in Belgorod, Russia, killing six. Russia

2012-08-29 Russia calls for a joint United Nations-Arab League inquiry on terrorist mass slaughters of civilians. Russia

2012-02-3 Insurgency in the North Caucasus: The Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov orders his subordinates to halt attacks on the civilian population of Russia, while leaving military and security personnel as legitimate targets. Russia

2011-09-1 At least four people, including a high-ranking security service officer, are killed in a series of bombings and shootings across Russia's North Caucasus. Russia