After having concluded a $400 billion strategic deal with China Iran now aims to sign a long-term partnership agreement with Russia. From the Islamic Republic’s perspective, good relations with Moscow and Beijing, as well as possibility to expand economic cooperation with the two countries, will help Iran to easier cope …
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The New York Times accusations of Russia allegedly offering bounties to members of the Taliban movement for killing American soldiers in Afghanistan resulted in increased anti-Russia sentiment in the US. The Donald Trump administration will likely be under pressure to impose fresh packages of sanctions against Moscow, even though some …
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By Phil Stewart | BAGHDAD – The U.S. military is “not in Iraq to seize anybody’s oil”, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said as he arrived for talks with Iraqi leaders on Monday, distancing himself from remarks by President Donald Trump. Mattis was the highest-ranking Trump administration official to visit Iraq …
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The Levant News —Â Leonid Reshetnikov, a senior advisor to the Russian president, underlined Moscow’s serious resolve to help President Bashar Assad’s government to resist against foreign plots and terrorist attacks. Russia has reinvigorated its position in Syria and will not at all allow the government of Bashar Assad to fall,” …
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THE LEVANT – Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at US and Western powers on Wednesday by ordering agricultural import bans on countries that have levied economic sanctions against Russia for its alleged role in the separatist fighting in Ukraine’s east. The decree signed by Putin bans and restricts agricultural …
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