Kerry says uncertain about outcome of Hariri’s support for Aoun
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry voiced caution on Friday pertaining to the election of a new head of the Lebanese republic, following MP Saad Hariri’s fresh endorsement of MP Michel Aoun for the presidency. In response to a question during talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah in Washington, Kerry hoped there would be progress in Lebanon. However, he said he was uncertain about the outcome of...
“Warming in Russian-British relations not in sight over short term”
Britain’s incumbent Prime Minister Theresa May is using Russophobia as an instrument for promulgation of her political initiatives and that is why improvements in the relations between Moscow and London are not in sight in the short term, says Kira Godovanyuk, a senior researcher at the Center for UK Studies that reports to the Moscow-based Institute of European Studies. “Theresa May, who is marking 100 days since getting to the...
“Sanction opponents in EU choke off terror support in Syria”
Those European countries speaking out against new sanctions against Russia have actually choked off assistance to terrorists in Syria, Russia’s State Duma (lower house of parliament) Deputy Speaker Irina Yarovaya said today commenting on the fact that the sanctions issue had not been included into the final declaration of the EU summit. “Italy and those other European countries who blocked new sanctions against Russia, in fact...
Russia to regard Belgian strikes in Aleppo as support for Nusra if no criticism follows
Moscow expects the US-led coalition to provide an adequate response to the Belgian Air Force’s bombing of Aleppo, Russia’s Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said today. “We have information on the US-led coalition’s airstrikes, particularly the Belgian Air Force’s bombing of Aleppo’s civil infrastructure, with civilian casualties having been reported,” she said. “We expect the US-led coalition and...
Kremlin: Putin in talks on Mosul with Turkish, Iraqi leaders
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with the leaders of Turkey and Iraq about battle for Mosul, where Iraqi forces are fighting to oust the Islamic State group, the Kremlin said today. Putin “wished the Iraqi army and its allies complete success in their objectives,” the Kremlin said in a statement on his conversations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. He...
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