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Elkin: The hands are American hands
Minister Ze’ev Elkin, currently in the Ukraine, reports that the Ukraine did not willingly vote for the recent anti-Israel UN resolution. …read more Source: Arutz...
Netanyahu cancels Ukrainian PM’s visit to Israel
Following the Ukraine’s decision to vote in favor of anti-Israel UNSC resolution, which officials have posited stemmed from US pressure, Netanyahu temporarily declares PM Groysman persona non grata. …read more Source: Yedioth...
Netanyahu doesn’t want Ukranian PM in Israel
Netanyahu cancels Ukrainian PM’s vsit to Israel over Security Council vote. …read more Source: Arutz...
PM cancels visit of Ukrainian PM after Kiev supports anti-settlements resolution
Volodymyr Groysman, who became Ukraine’s first Jewish prime minister earlier this year, was scheduled to arrive in Israel on Tuesday for a two-day visit …read more Source: The Times of...
Fresh US sanctions aim to compensate for Washington’s failures in Syria: Moscow
Moscow says the fresh US sanctions on Russia and Syria show Washington’s anger at its failures in Syria. …read more Source:...
Kazakhstan said to weigh its biggest bank bailout since 2009
Kazakhstan has extended an emergency loan to the country’s biggest bank, the first step in what could be a rescue that may reach 1.5tn tenge ($4.5bn), according to people familiar with the plans.A bailout is among the alternatives under discussion between officials from Kazkommertsbank JSC and the central bank as Kazakhstan edges closer to...
Putin orders expansion of Russia’s naval base in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Friday approving the expansion of the Russian naval base in the Syrian port city of Tartus, Russian news agency Sputnik reported yesterday. The news about the new decree was further announced on the Kremlin’s website. According to Sputnik, the statement on the Kremlin’s website...
Ukraine rebels agree to new indefinite truce
The armistice is meant to come into force at midnight Saturday (Friday 2200 GMT) and last through at least the holiday season. …read more Source: World...
Pro-Russia forces say will respect ‘indefinite’ truce with Kiev
The ceasefire, which took effect at midnight Saturday, is meant to to last through at least the holiday season in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Will the US-Russian détente benefit Syria?
By Sigurd Neubauer THIS week’s terrorist attacks in Ankara, Berlin and Zurich underscore once again that Syria’s entrenched conflict extends well beyond Syria’s borders and that the failure to pursue a comprehensive political solution, which is required to bring the war to an end, is bound to increase the flow of refugees...
