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Internally displaced people who fled Raqqa sit in a truck during the fighting with ISIS in Raqqa, Syria August 14, 2017. – Reuters

Temporary Syrian Resolutions Could Possibly Wage New Wars

by Ibrahim Hamidi | Aug 25, 2017 | Middle East

London- As ceasefire in three to four regions becomes active within pursuit to reduce escalation, the fight between Syrian regime forces and factions of the Free Syrian Army as well as other Islamic factions calmed down. However, ISIS parties – in Eastern Syria –...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrive for a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

Moscow Hopes Iran Won’t Quit Nuclear Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 17, 2017 | World

London- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday he hoped that Iran would not quit the agreement Iran reached in 2015 with world powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear work in return for the lifting of most sanctions. State Department spokeswoman...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions during the annual call-in session broadcast live by Russian TV channels and radio stations on June 15, 2017. (AFP)

The View From the Kremlin: Survival Is Darwinian

by MAXIM TRUDOLYUBOV | Aug 15, 2017 | Opinion

MOSCOW — In a rare move, the United States Congress has voted to intensify sanctions against Russia, and President Trump has signed them into law. Even before the American leader put pen to paper last week, President Vladimir Putin of Russia fired back by demanding...

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French President Emmanuel Macron stands between Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (L), and General Khalifa Haftar (R), commander in the Libyan National Army (LNA), who shake hands after talks over a political deal to help end Libya’s crisis in La Celle-Saint-Cloud near Paris, France, July 25, 2017.

Can Libya’s Warring Strongmen Come Together?

by Vitaly Naumkin | Aug 10, 2017 | Opinion

Reviewing the latest Paris summit, it seems that a new glimmer of hope shines around the possibility of settling the conflict between Libya’s strongmen, Libyan National Army LNA Chief Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who controls two thirds of the country, including...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iraqi Vice President Nuri al-Maliki during their meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 25, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS

Tehran’s New Scheme For Iraq

by Amir Taheri | Jul 28, 2017 | Opinion

In his visit to Moscow this week, Iraqi Vice President Nuri Al-Maliki peddled what he presented as his big idea: inviting Russia to build “a significant presence’ in Iraq to counter-balance that of the United States. Since Maliki is reputed to be Tehran’s candidate as...