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Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. Sergey Guneev / Reuters

Kremlin not Disappointed by Development of U.S.-Russia Ties

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 17, 2017 | World

The Kremlin said on Friday it was not disappointed by how U.S.-Russia ties were developing under U.S. President Donald Trump and that it would only be possible to assess the outlook for relations once the leaders of both countries had met. “We haven’t been...

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Moscow: Fall of Palmyra is “Blow to the Entire Civilised Humankind”

by Taha Abed alWahed | Dec 13, 2016 | Middle East

The Kremlin refused to consider the fall of Palmyra to ISIS once again as “a loss to Russia” and vowed that his country is working to expel it from the city. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday that the “city of Palmyra is a Syrian city before...

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Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech Tuesday at The German Marshall Fund in Brussels. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP)

German Initiative on Syria as U.S., Moscow Cling to Hopes of Cooperation

by Heba El Koudsy, Nazir Rida, Taha Abed alWahed and Majid al-Khateeb | Oct 5, 2016 | Middle East

Washington, Beirut, Moscow, Cologne- Germany joins on Wednesday the ranks of mediating countries by hosting a five-party meeting in Berlin with the hopes of resolving the deteriorating crisis in Syria. A German foreign ministry official said on Tuesday that senior...

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Bulgarian border police personal stand next to a barbed wire fence at the border between Bulgaria and Turkey near the Bulgarian town of Malko Tarnovo on May 22, 2016, A.F.P

Police in Turkey Arrest 11 More Over Airport Attack, Peskov: Intense Contacts with Turkey to Come

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 1, 2016 | Middle East

Turkish police arrested 11 foreigners on Friday suspected of belonging to an ISIS terrorist cell linked to the attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, state media reported. A fair share of attention was turned to a suspected Chechen mastermind. Forty-four people...