By Reuters – Nov 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pose during a trilateral meeting on […]
Nov 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Tehran was a show of solidarity with Iran at a time the country is facing […]
Assessing the Grim Legacy of Soviet Communism by Mark Weber In the night of July 16-17, 1918, a squad of Bolshevik secret police murdered Russia’s last emperor, Tsar Nicholas II, […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 7, 2017 Demonstrators attend a rally held by Russian Communist party to mark the Red October revolution’s centenary in central Moscow, Russia November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (reuters_tickers) By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin stayed away from events […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A successful example of Turkish-Russian energy cooperation, TurkStream, which will carry 31.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year, hit Turkey’s exclusive economic zone as the […]
Source: The New York Times By CECILIA KANG, NICHOLAS FANDOS and MIKE ISAAC NOV. 1, 2017 Photo Sean Edgett, Twitter’s acting general counsel, testified Wednesday in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. CreditEric Thayer for The […]
Source: Yahoo News By JOHN SANTUCCI and ADAM KELSEY George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, pleaded guilty earlier this month to making false statements to […]
Reuters International This content was published on October 22, 2017 FILE PHOTO: A fighter of Syrian Democratic Forces stands amidst the ruins of buildings near the Clock Square in […]
It would be Russia who does the rebuilding of Syria after the war and Saudi Arabia who paid for it. The two vast oil nations now seem to be set […]
The Independent Online A member of the US-backed Iraqi security forces stands guard at a shrine destroyed by air strikes in east Mosul, Iraq, on 19 April 2017 REUTERS The Pentagon has dismissed Russian allegations that the US is only “pretending” to fight Isis in Iraq as a “ridiculous” Russian […]
Source: Religion & Politics By Gregory L. Freeze The image of the Russian Orthodox Church as the “handmaiden” of the state long prevailed in Tsarist Russia. After decades of Soviet persecution, […]
I’ve never been a believer in plots but not many months ago, the US air force bombed and killed dozens of Syria’s army defenders in Deir Ezzor Robert Fisk Middle […]
Dr. Manuel Almeida Five decades of broken diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union (1938-1992) offer some perspective into the significance of King Salman’s expected visit to Moscow next week, the first ever by a Saudi monarch. In 1926, after Moscow recognized King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud’s conquest of […]
Sep 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Over the last few years, the Middle East started to witness the presence of new political protagonists: Russia, a very strong, evident player, Germany, a strong but latent player, and China, a strong economic power. Russia has played a role in […]
By AFP – Sep 14,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo provided by the Russian defence ministry on Wednesday shows Russian and other foreign journalists during a press tour […]
Source: Time BY Josh Lederman / AP Updated: Aug 31, 2017 2:57 PM ET (WASHINGTON) — In an escalating tit-for-tat, the United States forced Russia on Thursday to shutter its […]
Source: Time BY Charlie Campbell / Beijingg 12:53 AM ET The U.S. has announced new sanctions on ten Russian and Chinese firms as well as six individuals that it accuses of aiding […]
President says Russian, Iranian aid crucial to recovery of territory By Reuters – Aug 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A handout photo released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency […]
In the first of a series from Syria, Robert Fisk says that new connections, however tenuous, demonstrate that all sides are determined to avoid military confrontation between Moscow and Washington Robert Fisk Resafeh, eastern Syria @indyvoices Monday 24 July 2017 After a sweeping Syrian military advance to the edge of […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly thanked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for kicking American diplomats out of Russia, saying the move was good for the U.S. economy. Trump said that he wanted to thank Russian President Vladimir Putin for ousting hundreds of US embassy employees “because we’re […]