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Russia sends new cruise missile ship Zeleny Dol to Syria: Report
The Russian Navy has dispatched a new warship equipped with cruise missiles to the Mediterranean, with reports saying that it is bound for Syria.The Russian Defense Ministry’s head of Black Sea Fleet’s information department said on Saturday that the Zeleny Dol Buyan-M class corvette, armed with Kalibr anti-ship missiles, departed for...
Iranian wrestlers eye 3 Kiev gold medals
…read more Source: Mehr News...
Kerry urges Russia to change targets in Syria
US Secretary of State John Kerry calls on Russia to change its military targets in Syria and reiterates sanctions threat over Ukraine.”To date, the vast majority of Russia’s attacks have been against legitimate opposition groups,” Kerry said of Moscow’s airstrikes in support of Syrian forces. “To adhere to the...
Russia warns of new Cold War as east Ukraine violence surges
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Russia sanctions to remain until Ukraine deal implemented: Kerry
Sanctions against Russia will continue until it implements all aspects of the Ukraine peace agreement reached in Minsk last year, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia’s Medvedev says world is in ‘new Cold War’
With tensions high over the lingering Ukraine conflict and Russia’s backing of the Syrian regime, Medvedev said: “All that’s left is an unfriendly policy of NATO against Russia”.”We can say it even more clearly: We have slid into a new period of Cold War,” he said, speaking at the Munich Security Conference....
After 1,000-year split, pope and Russian patriarch embrace in Cuba
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed on Friday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for the protection of Christians under assault in the Middle East.Nearly 1,000 years after the Eastern and Western branches of Christianity split apart, the meeting at an airport terminal in Cuba was the first...
Russian, Ukrainian, German, French officials meet on Ukraine
Senior officials from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France have met on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
After 1,000-year split, pope and Russian patriarch embrace in Cuba
HAVANA, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed on Friday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for the protection of Christians under assault in the Middle East. Nearly 1,000 years after the Eastern and Western branches of Christianity split apart, the meeting at an airport...
‘Illusions’ on Syria must be dispelled: Iran
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stresses the importance of pursuing a “political solution” to the Syria crisis, warning against entertaining “illusions” about the situation in the Arab country.Zarif made the remarks in response to a question from Press TV correspondent on Friday about Iran’s stance on the Saudi offer to...
