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Russia’s new Middle East strategy

Russia has not abandoned the game in the Middle East, and many countries in the region still have reasons to expand ties with ...
In late 2015, the Kremlin achieved a key victory when it launched a military intervention in Syria to rescue the fast-sinking regime of then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and enshrine its role as a ...
Russia, in collaboration with Iran, has been actively recruiting mercenaries from the Middle East to participate in combat operations alongside Russian armed forces in Ukraine. The recruitment efforts ...
Despite a long list of regional setbacks, Russia still maintains a sizable influence from Libya to Iran. The official Kremlin website on the recent Russian-Arab Summit is a remarkable artifact. The ...
Europe tensions over Greenland as possibly helping to achieve its long-sought goal of weakening NATO, but Donald Trump’s ...
Vladimir Putin held talks with President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, who has come to Russia on a working visit.
Overview Over the past decade, Middle East experts have devoted significant attention to the Arab uprisings and their ...
(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, on the eve of talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, that momentum in the Middle East peace process would help end his country's ...
Moscow’s exclusion from a major U.S.-brokered Gaza cease-fire summit underscores its declining regional clout. The fall of Assad, Iran’s military setbacks, and the war in Ukraine have strained ...