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Maj.-Gen. Igor Konashenkov, chief spokesman for Russia's Ministry of Defense, being interviewed during the deployment of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, January 2016. Credit: Russia Ministry of Defense via Wikimedia Commons.

Despite IDF report, Russia blames Israel for downed spy plane over Syria

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Despite a detailed report by the Israel Defense Forces showing that Syria was to blame for the downing of a Russian spy plane during an Israeli attack on a weapons facility in Latakia, Moscow...
A Russian Su-24 fighter jet. On Nov. 24, a Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Su-24 (not the one pictured here) near the Turkish-Syrian border, igniting the current tensions between Russia and Turkey. Credit: Alexander Mishin via Wikimedia Commons.

Russia blames Israel after Syria shoots down its plane, killing 15 soldiers

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Russia is blaming Israel after Syria, its ally, shot down a Russian plane on Monday, killing 15 Russian troops. Footage of the event shows bombs exploding while air-defense rockets launch upwards. No video from the...
A volunteer in Kharkov, Ukraine, helps package High Holiday supplies for elderly Jews in need in the former Soviet Union. September 2018. Credit: JDC Photo.

Apples, honey and help to go to thousands of elderly Russian Jews

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Continuing a tradition started before the fall of the Soviet Union 30 years ago, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and its network of volunteers will provide extra aid and traditional Rosh Hashanah...
A plea for help in conflict-ravaged eastern Ukraine. Credit: Courtesy of the JDC.

Fleeing hardship and war, some 400 Ukrainians leave for Israel

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Fleeing economic hardship and ongoing war in their native country, some 400 new immigrants from Ukraine are scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday and Thursday via two special flights coordinated by the International...
The Iran nuclear program’s heavy-water reactor at Arak and Syrian President Bashar Assad. Credit: Roosewelt Pinheiro/ABr and Nanking2012 via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran, Syria sign military deal, amid other moves to defy US

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Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami announced on Monday that his country and Syria have signed an agreement to rebuild the latter’s military. This comes as Iran has been looking to defy U.S. sanctions that...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, in 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US and Russia reportedly agree to oust Iran from Syria

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The United States and Russia have reportedly agreed in principle that Iranian forces should withdraw from Syria, which Israel and America have long advocated, but Russia believes that it will be a “difficult task”...
From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Russia says Iran will keep its distance from Israeli border

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Russia says that Iranian forces will withdraw to at least 85 kilometers (53 miles) of Israel’s border, according to an interview with Russia’s chief Syria on the Sputnik news site. Russian Presidential Special Envoy for...
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during joint statements with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the president's residence in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

After Helsinki: US Abandons Legal Obligations in Syria

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Among several noteworthy and interrelated Helsinki summit policy derelictions – most obviously, Vladimir Putin’s still unpunished aggressions in Crimea – US President Donald Trump chose to ignore America’s binding legal obligations regarding Russian war crimes in Syria....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on July 11, 2018. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu to Putin: Iran needs to leave Syria

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, just hours after Israel shot down a Syrian drone that had infiltrated Israeli airspace. “It is clear that our focus...

China’s Hegemony in Africa Benefits Russia and Iran

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At first glance, China's neo-colonialist economic expansionism throughout Africa is just another aspect of China's self serving policies, which, coupled with frequent inability to finish what was started does more harm than good, but...