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Section: Middle East

      More US Spy Planes Spotted Flying over Russian Bases in Black, Mediterranean Seas
      Oct02

      More US Spy Planes Spotted Flying over Russian Bases in Black, Mediterranean Seas

      TEHRAN (FNA)- A US spy plane was spotted again flying off the coasts of Syria near the Russian base in Tartus while another one was picked up by radars as it was conducting reconnaissance operations over the Russian fleet near Crimea in the black sea, western websites said. …read more Source: Fars News...

      Russia demands loyalty or silence, say Crimea’s hounded Tatars
      Oct02

      Russia demands loyalty or silence, say Crimea’s hounded Tatars

      The deputy head of the Mejlis — the Crimean Tatars’ elected assembly — was on September 7 released from three weeks’ involuntary detention in a psychiatric hospital in Simferopol, on the Black Sea. …read more Source: World...

      Australia: MH17 missile suspects might be confirmed by year-end
      Oct02

      Australia: MH17 missile suspects might be confirmed by year-end

      The findings counter Moscow’s suggestion that the flight was brought down by Ukraine’s military rather than the separatists …read more Source: Al...

      Russia fighting in Syria for a year, still at odds with US
      Oct01

      Russia fighting in Syria for a year, still at odds with US

      WASHINGTON — A year after Russia waded into the war in Syria, aiming to flex its national security muscles and prop up beleaguered Syrian President Bashar Assad, Moscow appears no closer to one of its military goals: getting the US to cooperate in the skies or on the ground in the civil war, and prospects for a diplomatic resolution seem dim. The...

      Leaked UN report criticizes US and European roles in escalating crisis in Syria, aggravating the suffering of Syrians
      Oct01

      Leaked UN report criticizes US and European roles in escalating crisis in Syria, aggravating the suffering of Syrians

      Damascus, SANA – The Intercept website published a leaked UN report which reveals that the US and European sanctions are punishing Syrians and crippling aid work in Syria. The site said that the sanctions and the crisis in Syria have destabilized every sector of Syrian economy, transforming a once self-sufficient country into an aid-dependent...

      Ukraine govt, pro-Russia forces report partial weapons withdrawal
      Oct01

      Ukraine govt, pro-Russia forces report partial weapons withdrawal

      The warring sides in eastern Ukraine have pulled back heavy weapons in one of the three agreed locations on the front line. …read more Source: Iran...

      US to impose sanctions on Russia if Syria talks fail: State Dept.
      Oct01

      US to impose sanctions on Russia if Syria talks fail: State Dept.

      The US accuses Russia of making Syria’s difficult situation “more confused.” …read more Source:...

      Ukraine govt, pro-Russia forces report partial weapons withdrawal
      Oct01

      Ukraine govt, pro-Russia forces report partial weapons withdrawal

      Fighting sides say they have pulled back heavy weapons in one of the three planned locations on the front line in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Clinton vs Trump and the role of the moderator
      Oct01

      Clinton vs Trump and the role of the moderator

      Should moderators be allowed to fact-check the presidential nominees? Plus, the Ukraine-Russia information war. …read more Source: AL...

      Crimean Tatars vow to fight parliament ban in Europe
      Sep30

      Crimean Tatars vow to fight parliament ban in Europe

      Head of Crimean Tatar Mejlis says community will take Russian prohibtion on parliament to European Court of Human Rights …read more Source: Anadolu...