Putin Forges Ties With Iran’s Khamenei in Tehran Talks

by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meet in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022. Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader’s first trip outside the former […]

Syria is still a central battlefield in Israel’s fight against Iran – analysis

Israel has undertaken a major military effort against what it sees as an increased Iranian threat in Syrian territory. By KEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE Published: JULY 19, 2022 23:49 AN IRON DOME anti-missile launcher is deployed in the center of the country in January 2019 amid tension in Syria and in the South. (photo credit: KOKO/FLASH90) The […]

US warns: Russia planning to annex additional Ukrainian territory

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says Russia laying the groundwork to annex Ukrainian territory, in a similar manner to the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Israel National News20.07.22, 4:04 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpX8kzjZixM]   The United States on Tuesday accused Russia of moving ahead with plans to annex additional Ukrainian territory. “Russia is laying the groundwork to […]

Russia’s Gazprom tells Europe gas halt beyond its control

The EU, which has imposed sanctions on Russia, aims to stop using Russian fossil fuels by 2027 but wants supplies to continue for now. By REUTERS Published: JULY 18, 2022 20:00 Pipes at the landfall facilities of the ‘Nord Stream 1’ gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, March 8, 2022. (photo credit: REUTERS/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/FILE PHOTO)  Russia’s […]

Iran wants Turkey, Russia backing for its Syria policy

In a conversation on the eve of the meeting of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Putin and Erdogan, Iran’s Fars News says that the meeting will seek to reduce any tensions in Syria. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: JULY 19, 2022 01:04 Updated: JULY 19, 2022 01:09 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speak at the […]

Hezbollah demands return of border rail tunnel in likely bid to torpedo Israel talks

Minister aligned with terror group says passage, closed since Israel’s creation in 1948, is Lebanon’s sovereign territory; remark seen as trying to complicate maritime negotiations By TOI staff Today, 9:12 am A Lebanese minister affiliated with the Hezbollah terror group demanded Monday that Israel give Lebanon control over a long-shuttered rail tunnel that goes from […]