Tag: Russia
Apples, honey and help to go to thousands of elderly Russian Jews
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...
Fleeing hardship and war, some 400 Ukrainians leave for Israel
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...
Iran, Syria sign military deal, amid other moves to defy US
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...
US and Russia reportedly agree to oust Iran from Syria
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”...
Russia says Iran will keep its distance from Israeli border
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...
After Helsinki: US Abandons Legal Obligations in Syria
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....
Netanyahu to Putin: Iran needs to leave Syria
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
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...
Will Russia Break Down the Anti-Terrorism Quartet and Destroy its Alliance with the West?
Anyone watching the recent developments in the Middle East will note, that despite the Trump administration’s assertive moves to counter Iran’s aggression – through reimposition of nuclear sanctions, as well as imposition of sanctions...
Report: Hezbollah rejects Russian request to withdraw from Syrian positions
Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shi’ite terrorist organization, has rejected Russian demands to withdraw its forces from the Lebanese-Syrian border, a prominent Syrian-rights group indicated Thursday.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Hezbollah is still...