Turkiye has agreed to fully withdraw its military from northern Syria following tripartite talks it held with the Syrian regime and Russia, in a drastic foreign policy change. According to Syrian newspaper Al-Watan, which quoted an anonymous source in Damascus, the tripartite talks between Turkish, Syrian, and Russian defence ministers this week resulted[…]
INTERNATIONAL Russian officials are trying to convince Damascus and Kurdish fighters to withdraw from the northern Syrian city of Tal Rifaat to prevent a Turkish ground offensive, according to Al Jazeera and al-Araby al-Jadeed. Turkish officials told Al Jazeera that the Russian side is making efforts to meet Turkey’s demands in northern Syria as an alternative to[…]
INTERNATIONAL LIVE updates as at 1pm 11:13 GMT- Western-supplied arms and mercenaries are priority targets: Moscow The secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, says that Western-supplied arms and foreign mercenaries were priority targets for Russia’s forces fighting in Ukraine, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. “Lethal weapons supplied to[…]
INTERNATIONAL Two Russian Navy ships have finally left the Mediterranean after sitting idle for 9 months due to Turkey’s ban on the transfer of warships to the Black Sea amid the Ukraine war, one regional source with information told Middle East Eye. The Ukraine-based Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies reported on[…]
US and Iranian media reported that Russia would retaliate if Israel sent defensive weapons to Ukraine. Bloomberg reported that Russia would respond if Israel sent air defence systems directly or indirectly to Ukraine. Meanwhile, the international Iranian channel run by the Iranian opposition disclosed that Russia would retaliate against any Israeli attempt[…]
LOCAL After mysteriously sailing into Hong Kong two weeks ago, Russian tycoon Alexey Mordashov’s $500m (about R9.1bn) superyacht weighed anchor on Thursday and departed for South Africa. It was southeast of Hainan Island on Friday morning. The 142m Nord, which caused a stir when it arrived in Hong Kong earlier[…]
INTERNATIONAL Russia has warned the United Nations against investigating its use of drones in Ukraine, amid accusations the weapons came from Iran and were used in violation of UN arms restrictions on the Middle Eastern country. The United States, France and the United Kingdom called a closed-door Security Council meeting[…]
INTERNATIONAL Russia’s war in Ukraine is about to enter its ninth month. While the Ukrainians have been suffering the more obvious effects of the war, Europe has been facing a crippling energy crisis due to Russia’s suspension of natural gas supplies. Europe has depended on Russian gas supplies for years[…]
INTERNATIONAL Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the increasing development of bilateral ties with the UAE in a meeting with his Emirati counterpart Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday. The UAE’s president is meeting Putin days after a decision by Opec and allied producers, including Russia, to cut the group’s[…]
INTERNATIONAL The billionaire deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, faces the prospect of an investigation over allegations that he helped wealthy Russian oligarchs evade sanctions. Sheikh Mansour, who also owns Manchester City Football Club, could be investigated by the British Foreign Office on charges that he helped[…]
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