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A civil defence member carries a child that survived from under the rubble at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, Syria, April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Pro-Regime Airstrikes Shut Aleppo Hospital, Cut Water Supply

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 2, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and local Syrian coordination committees reported that Russian and regime warplanes have bombed one of Aleppo’s central hospitals on Saturday for the second time in four days. The attack resulted in the...

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U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby. Reuters

U.S. Looks for Options, Alternatives on Syria

by Heba El Koudsy | Oct 1, 2016 | Middle East, World

Washington, Moscow- U.S. sources indicated that a phone conversation between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Friday was marred with tension and resentment in light of recriminations between the two sides against the...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shake hands after making statements following meetings regarding Syria, at a news conference in Geneva September 14, 2013. The United States and Russia have agreed on a proposal to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, Kerry said on Saturday after nearly three days of talks with Lavrov. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Russia Says Ready to Consider More Ways to Normalize Situation in Syria’s Aleppo

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 30, 2016 | Middle East

Russia’s acting Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, told counterpart U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday that Moscow was ready to consider additional ways to “normalize” the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the ministry reported. “The...

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People walk on the rubble of damaged buildings at a site hit overnight by an air strike in the rebel-held area of Seif al-Dawla neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria, September 30, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Halt Aleppo ‘Bloodbath’, MSF Tells Damascus, Moscow

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 30, 2016 | Middle East

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Friday appealed to the Syrian regime and its Russian ally to stop bombing rebel-held eastern Aleppo, warning they were provoking a “bloodbath” among civilians in the city. Syrian regime forces and rebels clashed in fierce...

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Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak (C) attends the extraordinary ministerial meeting of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in the Iranian capital, Tehran, last November. (Photo credit: ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

Russia Welcomes OPEC Agreement, but Won’t Curb Oil Output

by Sabri Najeh | Sep 30, 2016 | Business

Cairo – Russia announced on Thursday that it is aiming to keep its oil production at near-record levels despite a decision agreed by OPEC to modestly curb global oil output. In comments on Thursday, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak signaled that his...