About Russia, not peace
The toughest part of negotiations, said US Secretary of State John Kerry repeatedly in 2013, paraphrasing former British prime minister Tony Blair, is the launch….
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Iranian oil output stagnates for third month amid OPEC bargaining
Iran’s steep oil output growth has stalled in the past three months, new data showed, suggesting Tehran might be struggling to fulfill its plans to…
Azerbaijan in the context of Caucasus policy of the Russian Empire: from Peter to Pavel Part III
In the last quarter of the XVIII century the political situation in Qajar Iran was stabilized to a certain extent. Agha Mohammad Shah Qajar, after…
Emir greets President of Macedonia
Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to Macedonia’s President Dr. Gjorge Ivanov on his country’s Independence…
Qatar Prime Minister meets Erdogan
Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara….
Lavrov and Kerry to meet in Geneva to discuss Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Geneva on Friday to meet his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, the State Department said Thursday. “Their discussion…
Putin and Erdogan agree to push for Aleppo cease-fire
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday agreed to intensify efforts to convince warring parties in Syria on a cease-fire…
Commander of former Nusra group ‘killed in Syria’
The top military commander of the militant group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, a former al-Qaida offshoot in Syria, was killed in an aerial raid that targeted…
UAE signs anti-terror agreement
HH Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, and Rob Wainwright, Director of Europol, on Wednesday…
Syria regime retakes key Aleppo district from rebels
Pro-regime forces overran a strategically important district on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Aleppo Thursday, sealing off desperate residents in opposition-held neighbourhoods. The…