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Al-Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani meeting with several group commanders ahead of the Aleppo battles last year. AP photo

Moscow Warns of Next ISIS

by Taha Abed alWahed | Oct 5, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow- Head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov warned on Wednesday that ISIS will try to regroup and form a new “global terrorist network” after it is defeated in Syria and Iraq. Speaking in the Russian city of Krasnodar at a summit of 74...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. (AFP)

Wide-ranging Russian Preparations to Receive Saudi King Salman

by Taha Abed alWahed | Oct 4, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Moscow – Preparations for the upcoming landmark visit by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz to Russia are ongoing in Moscow. “Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks on Thursday with King Salman, who will be on a state visit to...

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An astronaut works outside the International Space Station on May 12, 2017. (AP)

Roscosmos, NASA to Build ‘Deep Space Gateway’ near Moon

by Taha Abed alWahed | Oct 3, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Moscow – Humans are preparing for a new major step aiming at discovering more space-related secrets, and preparing to land on other planets in the solar system, along with building international space stations all around the globe. In this context, both the US...

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Saudi-Russian Summit Next Thursday

by Taha Abed alWahed | Sep 30, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Moscow- The Kremlin said it hopes that the upcoming visit of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud to Moscow next week will give a new powerful impetus to the development of bilateral relations with Riyadh which is the leader of the Arab...

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Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria is one of the last towns in Syria held by ISIS militants. (AFP/File)

Moscow Doubts SDF Role in Fighting ISIS

by Taha Abed alWahed | Sep 18, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow- Russia’s Defense Ministry denied on Sunday that its airforce launched a strike against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria’s eastern town of Deir Ezzor, and said it doubted the role of these forces in fighting ISIS. The ministry’s denial came...