Lebanon has not officially entered into war with Israel, but the Israeli army is constantly shelling the country’s southern regions where Hezbollah fighters are entrenched. Today, this Shia movement is the most powerful political and military force in Lebanon, which its enemies – both within the country and outside – …
Read More »‘Many prefer to see Jewish people dead’: RT speaks to Israeli MP about Gaza operation
Israel’s operation in Gaza has entered its third month. The campaign was launched in response to the massacre of October 7, in which at least 1,200 Israelis were murdered by Hamas militants. So far, more than 22,000 targets belonging to Hamas and the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad have been struck. In …
Read More »IAEA speaks on chances of Russia-Ukraine nuclear safety deal
Russia and Ukraine are very unlikely to strike a deal on maintaining the safety of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant unless the fighting is stopped, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on Thursday. “Reaching a written agreement would be unrealistic at this stage because – …
Read More »Russia speaks on endgame for Ukraine conflict
The Ukraine conflict may be concluded either through diplomatic, or military means, but only after Moscow has achieved its goals, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, said on Friday. Speaking at a briefing at the UN Security Council, the envoy commented on a possible path for ending …
Read More »Kremlin speaks on NATO’s ‘de-facto’ role in Ukraine
NATO has “de-facto become involved in the Ukraine conflict,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia 1 TV on Sunday, adding that this will not prevent Moscow from following through with its plans and achieving its military goals in Ukraine. The Kremlin spokesman acknowledged, however, that NATO’s interference makes it “significantly …
Read More »Biden speaks to Zelensky after airstrikes
US President Joe Biden has spoken by phone with his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky, after Russia pounded military and infrastructure targets throughout Ukraine on Monday. Biden condemned the Russian strikes and promised to send more air defense systems to Kiev. According to a readout of the call published by Zelensky’s …
Read More »Chechen leader speaks out about Russian ‘regrouping’
The leader of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has expressed his dissatisfaction at the rapid withdrawal of the country’s troops from parts of Ukraine’s Kharkov Region, over the weekend. Kadyrov pledged to discuss the situation with top officials in Moscow should there be no changes to the strategic direction of …
Read More »Moscow speaks out on Putin’s G20 trip
Multiple factors, including security, will decide whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Indonesia for the G20 summit in November, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. Indonesian President Joko Widodo insisted last month that both Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping had promised him that they would …
Read More »Moscow speaks out on ‘Plan B’ for Iran nuclear deal
Any ‘Plan B’ in the talks on the Iranian nuclear program would violate a “consensus decision” of the UN Security Council on the issue and have “unavoidable negative consequences” for the entire Middle East, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned on Thursday. “Any departure [from the original 2015 deal] or ‘Plans …
Read More »Lavrov speaks to Blinken for first time since Ukraine operation began
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Washington’s request by phone on Friday, the ministry has confirmed. This is the first conversation between the two top diplomats since Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in February. Besides the conflict, they discussed the grain export …
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