Russia

Russian Presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, announced on Monday a series of meetings aiming to address "the post-conflict restoration" of Afghanistan, Anadolu News Agency reports. On Wednesday, Iran...

During the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Friday, the latter agreed to let Israel continue its strikes in Syria,...

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has said that something needs to be done to make the UN Security Council "more balanced," Anadolu News Agency reports. Speaking at a meeting of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at his residence Bocharov Ruchey in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi today. This is the first time the...

At the end of 1989, the end and death of the Cold War was officially announced. It had begun after World War II and the formation of the two...

The horizon seems to have become blocked for Khalifa Haftar and his political future is dependent on the developments of the American position on the Libyan crisis and the...

The Russian foreign minister on Tuesday supported the idea of reforming the UN Security Council, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, Anadolu News Agency reports....

The Pentagon is holding consultations with Turkey to resolve the dispute related to Ankara's expulsion from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, State Department spokesman Ned Price said yesterday....

The head of Turkey's Defence Industry, Ismail Demir, has said that Turkey is still keeping its options open to considering the purchase of Russian Su-35 fighter jets, in the...

On Thursday 7 October, I received a call from the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) Middle East office seeking more assistance to alleviate the...

The United States backs Turkey's $6B F-16 jet deal request as Turkey sent a letter of request on 40 F-16s and 80 modernisation kits, Daily Sabah reports. According to...

Algerian and Russian military forces yesterday concluded a joint exercise in Russia's southwestern city of Ossetia. The Russian army's official TV channel Zvezda reported that the exercises had included...

The European Union yesterday extended sanctions imposed on the Syrian regime for an additional year over the latter's use of chemical weapons against civilians. In an official statement, the...

On Monday, the Turkish foreign minister met his counterparts from Azerbaijan, Russia, Nepal, Guatemala, Lebanon, and Iraq during his visit to Serbia, reports Anadolu Agency. Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived in...

The UN Human Rights Council today recognised access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right, formally adding its weight to the global fight against climate hardship and...

Bahrain, Russia and other members of the UN Human Rights Council yesterday pushed through a vote to shut down the body's war crimes investigations in Yemen, in a stinging...

A leading Syrian Kurdish politician said yesterday the United States will stay on in Syria to destroy Daesh, build infrastructure and remain a player in the search for a...

As the Russian occupation of Syria enters its seventh year and with the Syrian crisis no longer in the news, serious questions must be asked. Vladimir Putin's intervention on...

The UN today sent 63 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Idlib, northwestern Syria. The trucks crossed into Syria through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province, Anadolu reported. The aid will be distributed to...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu today slammed French President Emmanuel Macron's "extremely wrong", "populist" comments on Turkey and Algeria over colonialism. Speaking at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Kiev...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the bloc was unable to persuade Turkey to abandon the purchase of Russia's S-400 defence system and replace them with systems made by Western...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said his country is keen to see the end of the Syrian crisis which, over the past ten years, has led to 13.5 million...

An OPEC+ ministerial panel gathered today to discuss the latest oil prices and decided to follow an existing pact to hike oil output by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in...

The US has urged Turkey on Friday not to buy more Russian S-400 air defence systems, warning of further risks if the purchase goes ahead, US Deputy Secretary of...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his decision to work with Russia in the field of space exploration and the production of warships, submarines and jet engines. Speaking...

A state of cautious calm has prevailed in cities and towns in north-western Syria where no Russian warplanes have been monitored as the summit that brought Turkish President Recep...

The presidents of Russia and Turkey today began talks on curbing renewed violence in northwest Syria and on possibly expanding Moscow's sales of military defence systems to Ankara despite...

On Wednesday, the Russian city of Sochi will host a new summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after no such meetings have been...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will discuss the most prominent developments in Syria, Afghanistan, and Libya during their meeting tomorrow, the Kremlin spokesman...

When Australia cancelled its French submarine deal and replaced it with a US nuclear submarine deal, Switzerland followed a similar path, deciding to buy the F-35 aircraft from America...

Turkey wants to reorder the Russian S-400 missile defence system, despite objections from NATO and the US, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed. According to Al Jazeera, Erdogan said...

Over half of all worldwide casualties caused by cluster bombs in 2020 were in Syria, a new report has revealed. According to the publication released by the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC)...