Tag: Russia
Erdoğan, Putin reach ‘historic agreement’ on Syria ‘buffer zone’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Tuesday that Turkey and Russia had reached a “historic” agreement that would remove all Syrian Kurdish fighters from the Syria-Turkey border region. The announcement came following six...
Trump on the Kurds in Syria: ‘They’re no angels’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria even as criticism points to the United States having betrayed its Kurdish allies in the region.
In talking about...
Netanyahu to request official pardon for Na’ama Issachar
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon 26-year-old Israeli-American Na’ama Issachar, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed on Tuesday.
A day prior, President Reuven Rivlin sent Putin a letter, in...
As Moscow waits for Israeli electoral outcome, the future of Syria looms over relations
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Sochi in Russia last month to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the event turned into a political football back in Israel.
Seizing on the fact that...
Report: Israel attacked Iranian targets in Iraq with US and Russia permission
Israel bombed Iranian weapons warehouses in Iraq three times in recent weeks after reaching an understanding with the United States and Russia, the London-based pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Wednesday.
Western diplomatic sources told the newspaper...
Turkey receives S-400 missile defense system in defiance of US warnings
Turkey began to receive the S-400 air-defense missile-defense system on Friday despite U.S. warnings not to do so.
Materials arrived at the Murted Air Base, announced the Turkish Defense Ministry.
A second shipment of equipment is...
Netanyahu speaks with Putin as Iran breaks nuclear deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday concerning the ongoing situation regarding Syria, Iran and bilateral relations.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu took the opportunity to express...
Chabad of Irkutsk mobilizes to help Siberia flood victims
At least 15 people have been killed and thousands more remain homeless after torrential rains caused severe flooding in the Irkutsk district of Siberia, Russia, near the border with Mongolia.
Rabbi Aharon Wagner, director of Chabad Lubavitch in Irkutsk, has...
Russia insists it will counter new US sanctions on Iran
Russia is going to counter new sanctions put on Iran by the Trump administration, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov to reporters on Monday.
“Of course, we are discussing the U.S. policies of this kind....
Netanyahu meets with Russian National Security Council secretary, applauds cooperation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev on Monday in Jerusalem as the former applauded security cooperation between Jerusalem and Moscow, including in countering the Iranian regional...