Moscow pointedly allows East Jerusalem venue for US-Russian-Israeli Mid-East security meeting
The first gettogether of the US, Russian and Israel national security advisers on Tuesday, June 25 in Jerusalem proved a
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Erdogan calls for joint Turkish-Russian-Iranian control of US pullout from Syria in face of Moscow’s veto
Like Washington, Moscow is averse to the Turkish army moving into northern Syrian Kurdish lands after the Americans leave. Yet
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Fresh Turkish-US crisis: Erdogan refuses to see visiting US adviser, again threatens Kurds
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waited for John Bolton, US national security adviser, to land in Ankara on Tuesday, Jan 8,
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Bolton in Israel for talks on Syria, Iran and Chinese tech investment in Israel
US National Security Adviser John Bolton stressed on arrival in Israel on Saturday, Jan. 5, that “there is absolutely no
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Khashoggi case: Vile murder, palace intrigue against crown prince or plot to torpedo US-Saudi ties?
It could be any or all these, since no one still knows what befell the prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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Iran demands guaranteed Russian/Syrian backing against US-Israeli offensive in Syria
Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami arrived in Damascus on Sunday, Aug. 26 demanding Russian and Syrian commitments to stand foursquare
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Iraqi Shiite militia heavily bombed on Syrian-Iraqi highway, first major assault on Soleimani’s forces
Exclusive: The pro-Iranian Iraqi Khatib Hezballah Shiite militia was heavily bombed on Thursday, Aug. 23 on the Syrian-Iraqi highway near
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Bolton’s Israel visit rounds off US, Israeli readiness matched by Iran for a showdown in Syria
On Aug. 19, the day US National Security Adviser John Bolton landed in Israel, Tehran announced the appointment of a
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Trump chooses hawkish John Bolton as national security adviser
President Donald Trump has chosen as his third national security adviser John Bolton, 69, former US ambassador to the UN
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