Western diplomatic sources believe the siege of the camp is part of a Russian-backed Syrian government effort to put pressure on Washington to get out of Tanf. This file picture taken Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, shows an overview of the informal Rukban camp, between the Jordan and Syria borders AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh, File Netanyahu meets…
The expert believes that in order to ease tensions Russia should maintain a dialogue with Israel. Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, October 8. /TASS/. Air defense systems S-300 will impede Israeli Air Force flights, including reconnaissance ones, over Syria. Although Tel-Aviv earlier said it would not give up its operations, the S-300 factor puts pressure on the…
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center left, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walk together before their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Pompeo said that he and Kim made unspecified progress Sunday toward an agreement for the North to give…
© AFP (file photo) | The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Britain accused Russian military intelligence on Thursday of directing a host of cyber attacks aimed at undermining Western democracies by sowing confusion in everything from sport to transport and the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In a British assessment based on work by its National Cyber…
The biggest increase in US stocks in about 19 months also put pressure on crude prices. Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal. Picture: REUTERS Singapore — Oil prices fell on Thursday from the four-year highs reached the previous session, pressured by rising US inventories and after sources said Russia and Saudi Arabia…
Russia’s defense minister confirms delivery of the long-range surface-to-air missile to Syrian army. Russia, a key ally of Syrian government, joined the seven-year war in 2015 [File: Alexei Nikolsky/Reuters] Russia has completed the delivery of an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to the Syrian military as part of new security measures following the downing of a Russian plane last…
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a press conference ahead of a NATO defence ministerial meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on October 2, 2018. EMMANUEL DUNAND—AFP/Getty Images The U.S. warned that it could resort to strikes against a new class of Russian missile unless Moscow complies with its international commitments to arms reduction. NATO…
On Tuesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that Moscow had delivered 49 units of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Syria in order to enhance the security of Russian servicemen in the country. Speaking on Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Tel Aviv wasn’t “happy” about the S-300s deliveries to Syria, but it could not give up on…
We now know Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Last year, the U.S. intelligence community released a declassified statement outlining how Russia had undertaken a two-pronged strategy that combined “covert intelligence operations — such as cyber activity — with overt efforts by Russian Government agencies, state-funded media, third-party intermediaries, and paid social media users or ‘trolls.’ ”…
Trump claims China attempting to interfere in U.S. midterm elections, addressed U.S. policy on Iran and advances in the denuclearization of North Korea. Trump chairs a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. \ CARLOS BARRIA/ REUTERS Trump says he refuses to meet ‘lovely man’ Rohani, not the other…