Venezuela sent gold to Mali in 2020 via Russian-owned planes to exchange for euros and US dollars that President Nicolas Maduro's government used to remain afloat despite US sanctions,...
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Sari Al-Qudwa Palestinian diplomatic efforts continue, with Jordanian and Egyptian support, to mobilise Arab and international backing for the Palestinian cause in order to end the Israeli occupation of the land...
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US The Kremlin announced on Friday that it is closely monitoring the situation in Syria in the wake of the US airstrikes in the country and maintaining close contact with...
The United States Department of Defence called on Turkey to take action and remove Russian S-400 missiles from its territory, reiterating the security threat to NATO defence systems in...
The Libyan army announced on Wednesday that it had monitored movements by the Russian Wagner mercenaries west of the city of Sirte, and considered them a "breach of the...
The Russian government on Tuesday called on its foreign and defence ministries to conduct negotiations with Saudi Arabia to conclude a new military cooperation agreement between the two countries....
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Russia and the UAE have completed a deal that will see the Emirates' Tawazun company buy a 50 per cent stake in Russian helicopter manufacturer VR-Technologies, RT reported yesterday. VR-Technologies...
Pressures in relations between Russia and the West have recently become so strained that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned of the possibility of a complete break in ties, reports Anadolu...
Syria yesterday released an Israeli woman who crossed into the country after Tel Aviv returned two shepherds to Damascus-controlled territory. The Israeli woman had entered Syria days ago, prompting...
Russian civil aviation agency Rosaviatsia said today it could not confirm that flights to Egypt's resort towns were set to resume in March, following comments made by its Egyptian...
Syrian regime forces yesterday bombed a number of areas in the northwestern province of Idlib, a day after Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed to support calm in the area....
Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed on Wednesday to extend the ceasefire in Idlib, Syria, sources close to the Astana Peace Process have confirmed. The three countries are the guarantors...
Turkish border guards yesterday arrested five Russians and a Libyan citizen as they attempted to infiltrate the country from Syria. "Our border guards stationed in the northern Hatay Narlica...
Russia is mediating a deal for the release of an Israeli girl who accidentally crossed into Syria, in exchange for two Syrians held by Israel, Syrian state media said...
The exercise involves naval units from the Iranian Army and the Revolutionary Corps, as well as a destroyer, a logistics support ship and a helicopter from Russian army
Russia and the United States are interested in constructive cooperation to promote the peace process in the Middle East, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on Monday. This came...
Canada has launched the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention denouncing state-sponsored arbitrary detention of foreign nationals for political purposes. The US and 58 other countries have endorsed the non-binding declaration...
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US Ali Asghar Haji, senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, said yesterday that Tehran is counting on the possibility of buying weapons from Russia to protect the region's security....
Pakistan is hosting naval forces from 45 countries, including those from Russia and NATO, for the week-long Aman-2021 maritime exercise in the Arabian Sea. The Pakistan Navy said the naval exercise,...
Russia has been developing the Hmeimim Air Base in Latakia in western Syria in preparation for it to receive strategic nuclear bombers as part of plans to strengthen the...
Washington's position regarding Turkey's purchase of Russia's S-400 missile defence system remains unchanged, new agencies reported an official from the US State Department saying yesterday. The White House believes...
United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Tuesday said the UN is deeply concerned by the situation of nearly 31,000 foreign children detained in Al-Hawl and Rouge refugee camps in...
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UN A new report by Amnesty International says that health workers, lawyers, journalists and rights activists in several countries including Egypt have failed to get support or funding from British...
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Zimbabwe Russian Defence Ministry announced that its forces carried out military drills with Assad regime forces in suburbs of Aleppo, north of Syria, Aram Media reported yesterday. "The Russian military recently carried...
Russia, Iran, and China will launch joint naval drills in the Indian Ocean in mid-February, the Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing Moscow's Ambassador to Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan....
The UK and the US have been named and "shamed" along with 57 other countries including China and France for not repatriating their citizens – women and children associated...
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US![Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) welcomes Fatah member Azzam al-Ahmed (2-L) Mussa Abu Marzuk of Hamas (3-L) , and Maher al-Taher (R) of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinetheir meeting in Moscow on 23 May 2011. [ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-114514699-e1602148274944.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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Dr Ramzy Baroud Israeli anxiety was palpable when it was reported that Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was not contacted by new US President Joe Biden for days after the latter's inauguration....
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Walid Abdullah It seems that US President Joe Biden will adopt the default Democrat foreign policy that is "camouflaged" by human rights, democratic values, respect, the rejection of racism, and so...
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Yemen Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the Kremlin on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. Putin and Netanyahu exchanged opinions on international issues...