Section: Middle East Monitor (Kuwait)
France, Germany blast Russia for Aleppo bombardment
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been blasted by France and Germany for his country’s bombing campaign in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Meeting yesterday in Berlin, French President Francoise Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also refused to rule out imposing sanctions on Russia for its actions in the Middle East. “What is...
Russia prepared to extend ‘pause’ in Syria, West mulls sanctions
Germany and France pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to extend a pause in air strikes in Syria at late night talks in Berlin that Chancellor Angela Merkel described as difficult. “A respite of a few hours makes no sense,” French President Francois Hollande told a joint news conference with Merkel after the talks. “The main point is that...
Protestors call for peace for Syria outside four-party talks
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Hollande: I will do everything possible to extend Aleppo ceasefire
French President Francois Hollande will do “everything possible” to try to extend the ceasefire in eastern Aleppo when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin this evening. Last week Hollande refused to meet with Putin unless Syria was discussed, it now set to be the main topic for this...
What’s next after the UNESCO resolution regarding Al-Aqsa?
The draft resolution issued by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) denying a link between Judaism, Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Buraq (“Wailing”) Wall was a harsh blow to one of the most important aspects of the fabricated historical narrative on which Zionist ideology was founded. This narrative was – and continues to be...
The Gulf States and Turkey are in favour of adjusting imbalances
In the middle of the Iraq-Turkey dispute about the latter’s participation in the battle to expel Daesh from Mosul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a ceremony for the judiciary, which was aired on 12 October, that the issue of Mosul “could disturb balances in the region”. This is perhaps the first time that the matter has been...
Kremlin-backed TV channel cries censorship in UK banking row
Russia accused Britain of political censorship today after a British state-owned bank withdrew its services from Kremlin-backed Russian broadcaster RT. RT said NatWest, owned by Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), which is majority-controlled by the British government, had not explained why it was withdrawing its banking services in Britain and...
Who is worse, Putin or Al-Baghdadi?
This story is far more dangerous than Aleppo despite the atrocities that are taking place in and around there. The story is bigger than Mosul despite the city’s importance in the Iran-Turkey balance on Iraq’s sick land. The story is far larger than the dismantling of a state here or there and the deadly Sunni-Shia rivalry. It is...
Thinking about targeting military airports in Syria is a ‘dangerous game,’ claims Russian FM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that thinking about targeting Syrian military airbases is a “dangerous game” and noted that his country’s aircraft are there at the request of Syria’s “legitimate government,” Russia’s First Channel TV has reported. “This is a very dangerous game given that Russia has got air...
Russia says US actions threaten its national security
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday he had detected increasing US hostility towards Moscow and complained about what he said was a series of aggressive US steps that threatened Russia’s national security. In an interview with Russian state TV likely to worsen already poor relations with Washington, Lavrov made it clear he...
