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- Kuwait (303)
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- Saudi Arabia (214)
- Syria (70)
- Turkey (2,473)
- United Arab Emirates (2,608)
Ukrainian plane with 180 on board crashes after take-off from Tehran
A Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines has crashed due to technical problems after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport with 180 passengers and crew aboard, the semi-official …read more Source:: Al...
Ukraine pulls out of ‘anti-Israeli’ UN committee on Palestinians
The Foreign Ministry tweeted congratulations to Ukraine for quitting the “anachronistic anti-Israeli” committee.; …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Russia gas flows to Europe drop as new Ukraine deal takes over
Russian natural gas flows to Europe via the crucial transit point at Velke in Slovakia dropped to near zero as demand remained muted and a new transit deal potentially curbed shipments.Flows via Ukraine fell last Wednesday after the two former Soviet allies late on Monday agreed on a last-minute deal to keep sending the fuel to Gazprom...
Russia starts European gas deliveries through TurkStream pipeline to Turkey
Russia has started European gas deliveries through the new TurkStream pipeline to Turkey, Bulgaria’s Bulgartransgaz said on Sunday, as Moscow looks to reduce shipments via Ukraine. …read more Source:: Iran...
Russian begins gas flows to Europe via TurkStream
Russia has started European gas deliveries through the new TurkStream pipeline to Turkey, Bulgaria’s Bulgartransgaz said on Jan. 5, as Moscow looks to reduce shipments via Ukraine. …read more Source:: Hurriyet Daily...
Protesters in US rally against prospect of war with Iran
Protesters in US rally against prospect of war with Iran Protester’s sign reads: ‘Need a distraction? Start of a war.’ Trump faces trial in Senate following his impeachment by House of Representatives in Ukraine scandal MEE and agencies Sat, 01/04/2020 – 21:40 Protesters demonstrate outside White House, in New York’s...
Senate returns, no deal yet on Trump impeachment trial
The US Senate’s top Republican yesterday swatted aside Democratic demands related to the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, as the warring sides failed to agree on a start date for the historic action.Resuming work after a holiday break with no signs of a crack in the stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell assailed...
Israeli and Polish ambassadors slam Ukraine’s honor of Nazi collaborator
The joint rebuke was an unusual move for Poland and Israel, two countries with deep cultural and economic ties to Ukraine.; …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Putin’s pipelines to power
Over the last year, predictions of serious struggles for Russian President Vladimir Putin – or even his political demise – have been increasingly frequent. A recent article in The Economist, “An awful week for Vladimir Putin,” is just one example. But it is Putin biographer and New York Times correspondent Steven Lee Myers whose assessment rings...
Russia’s role in Syria is sinister; it’s an occupier with an iron grip
As we enter a new year and a new decade, the Syrian conflict rages on, well into its ninth year. The estimated death toll is touching one million, with over ten million others displaced both internally and externally, from a pre-war population of around 23 million in 2011. The role of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad in suppressing protests and...
