Section: Al-Manar TV (Lebanon)
Fifteen Years since 9/11, the US Targets the Wrong Enemy
Alexander Mercouris The 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks illustrates what is wrong with US foreign policy and why Donald Trump is now a serious prospect for the US Presidency. Ever since the 9/11 attacks took place US — Russian relations have deteriorated steadily. The causes for this are not difficult to see. In 2002 the US...
Three Ukraine troops killed in violation of new truce: Kiev
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New Ukraine Truce Jeopardized by First Combat Death
Ukraine on Friday reported its first combat death since a new ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists went into effect on September 1 before the new school year. The announcement delivered a worrying signal that one of the most enduring in a series of truces risked collapsing just as tensions between Moscow and Kiev are scaling new heights. “In...
Ukraine reports first combat death since new truce
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US Says Willing to Cooperate with Russia on Syria, ‘True’ Ceasefire Needed
Washington is willing to cooperate with Moscow to end the Syrian conflict but only if there is first a “true cessation” of hostilities, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday. Ahead of an expected meeting in Geneva between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Carter told BBC radio there was “quite a...
Lavrov, Kerry to Hold Syria Talks September 8-9
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry will meet on September 8-9 in Geneva to try to hammer out a deal on cooperation in Syria, Moscow said Wednesday. The two top diplomats agreed to a “personal meeting” after “working on the remaining details for an agreement” on fighting ‘jihadists’ and pushing forward...
Ukraine leader calls joining NATO ‘strategic goal’
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Russia launches major military drills around Crimean peninsula
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Britain Will Remain a ‘Dedicated European Power’: Foreign Secretary
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson pledged Thursday that the UK would remain a “dedicated European power” even after it left the EU, at an international security policy meeting in Germany. Johnson told reporters at a gathering of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in the eastern city of Potsdam that Brexit would...
Lavrov: West Has Much to Do to Restore Russia’s Trust
As he said that the West has much to do in order to restore Moscow’s trust, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia was ready to restore normal relations with the United States and the European Union. Russia is ready to restore full-fledged relations with both the United States and the European Union, but only on equal terms, Lavrov said...
