Tag: Vladimir Putin
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”...
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...
Kremlin: Putin, Netanyahu agree to boost Israel-Russia coordination in Syria
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed to strengthen coordination on Syria with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call on Friday, the Kremlin said in a statement.
The two leaders discussed “the situation in...
Does Russia care about stopping Israel-Iran escalation?
The situation in Syria saw a massive escalation on Thursday with Israel carrying out its largest airstrikes against Iranian and Syrian military targets in the country since the civil war began in 2011. Israel’s...
Netanyahu meets with Putin in Moscow amid in escalating tensions in Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid growing tensions in Syria.
The trip comes just hours after Israel reportedly bombed a Syrian military site linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards...
Trump and Putin: What’s Really Going On?
"I like chaos." — United States President Donald Trump, March 4, 2018
Credo quia absurdum. "I believe because it is absurd." In the very best case scenario, President Donald Trump is "merely" incompetent, fundamentally incapable of meeting...
Conflicting interests in Syria create a dangerous complexity for Russia and Israel
At the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the situation in Syria and said that “Mr. Assad understands that if he invites Iran in, then obviously, he...
Netanyahu to Putin: Iran want to take over Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, during which Netanyahu stated that Iran's growing role in Syria poses a threat to Israel, the Middle East and the world. Following...