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- Kuwait (303)
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- Saudi Arabia (214)
- Syria (70)
- Turkey (2,473)
- United Arab Emirates (2,608)
Lessons from Versailles for today s imploding Middle East
31 October 2014 The summer of 2014 was a season of analogies and anniversaries. European leaders commemorated the start of World War I. Russian President Putin’s annexation of Crimea and destabilization and invasion of eastern Ukraine recalls the… …read more Source:...
Ukraine, Russia reach natural gas deal
Natural gas will flow through Ukraine this winter, officials say, months after Russian energy giant Gazprom cut gas supplies to Ukraine. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine and Russia strike gas deal
Moscow to resume gas exports into Ukraine throughout winter despite rivalry in EU brokered deal. …read more Source: AL...
7 soldiers killed in Ukraine
KIEV: Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the past day of fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country, the military said on Thursday, the biggest daily toll in more than two weeks. “Over the last 24 hours, we have lost seven servicemen, 11 were injured,” Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters. After a...
Russia rights group lists 46 ‘political prisoners’
MOSCOW: Russia’s most prominent human rights group on Thursday published a list of 46 “political prisoners,” including Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and a Ukrainian pilot detained in Moscow, Nadia Savchenko. Rights group Memorial publishes an annual list of those it deems to be political prisoners. The Kremlin denies Russia imprisons anyone...
Kiev: EC to be guarantor in Russia, Ukraine gas deal
Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk says European Commission will supply funds if Russia sticks to higher price for gas …read more Source: Anadolu...
Merkel Not Acutely Worried About Russian Violations of Airspace
BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she was not very concerned about sorties by Russian strategic bombers over the Atlantic and Black Sea and by its fighters over the Baltic which NATO said it had tracked on Wednesday. In the last few months, there had been a lot of activity in terms of Russian army exercises, said Merkel at a...
Seven soldiers, 1 civilian killed in eastern Ukraine
The latest figure puts Kiev’s military losses at 160 since the September 5 …read more Source: Gulf...
EU’s Barroso says Ukraine-Russia gas deal ‘within reach’
European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso said Thursday a deal to resolve a bitter Russia-Ukraine supply dispute was “within reach” as he urged the two sides to settle their differences. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine, Russia Extend Gas Deal Talks After Impasse
Trilateral talks in Brussels to restart the delivery of Russian gas to Ukraine will continue on Thursday after the parties failed to reach an agreement on the first day of negotiations. Despite frayed ties between Moscow and the West, envoys from Russia, the EU and Ukraine met Wednesday to settle a natural gas dispute that threatens...
