Section: Al-Monitor (USA)
Investigators recover voice recordings from Ukrainian airliner shot down by Iran
Iran’s civil aviation authority has sent to France the black boxes from a Ukraine jet it shot down. …read more Source::...
Israelis to be barred from Jewish New Year pilgrimage to Ukraine
Uman’s Mayor Oleksandr Tsebriy caused a major storm after he announced that Israeli-Jewish pilgrims would be barred from the city this year. …read more Source::...
Ukraine rejects Iranian conclusion of ‘human error’ in downed passenger plane
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by Iranian forces in January amid their strikes on US military positions in Iraq. …read more Source::...
Did Egypt move too fast to receive tourists in light of COVID-19?
Egypt received tourists from Ukraine as the country resumed tourism and airports opened up amid strict precautionary and preventive measures. …read more Source::...
Egypt resumes international flights, reopens pyramids for summer tourism
More than three months after Egypt closed its major tourist attractions, two flights from Ukraine arrive in Red Sea and South Sinai governorates. …read more Source::...
How exploitation of Crimea benefits Syria
Over Crimea’s five years under the Russian rule, the peninsula has been used in a number of ways to support various Russian activities in Syria. …read more Source:...
Black Sea simmers as world awaits Kerch Strait fallout
The Russia-Ukraine crisis could expand to affect many countries, and Turkey’s position is potentially crucial. …read more Source:...
Turkey’s complex balancing act between Russia and Ukraine
President Erdogan’s desire to mediate between Moscow and Kiev is confounded by Turkish policies in Crimea and Russian separatism in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Can Turkey mediate Russian-Ukrainian conflict on the Black Sea?
President Erodogan has been on the phone with the Ukrainian, Russian and US presidents and has called for Ukraine and Russia to peacefully resolve their conflict. …read more Source:...
Syria has high hopes for ties with Crimea — maybe too high?
Damascus expects to take part in Crimea’s Yalta International Economic Forum next year, aiming to boost trade and economic relations. …read more Source:...