Oil prices near $100 following Putin’s quiet deal with Saudi prince
Brent crude futures hit $84.91 the barrel on Wednesday, Nov. 10, with US West Texas Intermediate crude futures catching up
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Putin steps away from deal with Netanyahu for a blind eye on Syria air strikes
Moscow was seen taking a radical new course on Israel’s air strikes over Syria after the raid near Aleppo early
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US sees Putin posing Biden major challenge in big Ukraine border buildup
Russian forces with heavy artillery and tanks have in two weeks piled at least 28 battalion tactical groups on the
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Speeches -yes, but no collective declaration on antisemitism from 50 world leaders at the Auschwitz liberation anniversary in Jerusalem
For Israel, the gathering of dozens of world leaders, kings, presidents and prime ministers in Jerusalem on Jan. 23, for
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US and Turkey agree on Syria ceasefire. But the ball is still in the Moscow/Damascus court
US Vice President Mike Pence’s announcement in Ankara on Thursday, Oct. 17 that Turkey had agreed to a 120-hour ceasefire
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Despite Erdogan’s bravado, his Syrian offensive is squeezed in a US-Russian hug
US-Russian coordination for holding back Turkey’s operation against Syria’s Kurds goes forward smoothly amid a flurry of talks. On Tuesday,
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Russian warning pauses Turkish Syria operation. US pullback from E. Syria, too, opens door to Iran
The Syrian army’s arrival at embattled Kurdish towns in the north east, backed by Russian threats, seemingly halted the Turkish
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Russia lets Iranian-Hizballah forces redeploy opposite Syrian-Israel border
Exclusive: Deep apprehension in Israel over a Russian U-turn, which is letting small Iranian Al Qods and Hizballah units regain
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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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Iran stages snap civil defense drill against air, missile, radiation attacks on Tehran
Iran on Thursday, June 20, launched a snap civil defense exercise that simulated air and missile strikes on Tehran, as
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