MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has called the killings of journalists covering the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip “shocking,” and described the reaction by some international organizations as “particularly depressing.” “This is a mass death, this is not ‘killing,’ these are not ‘tragic cases,R...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Supporting Tel Aviv’s war against Gaza, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that “where there are terrorists, there are no rules.” “When we talk about laws and rules, where there are terrorists, there are no rules. Everything is beyond laws,” Zelenskyy said during an interview with NBC News on Sunday, i...
Moscow, Russia – AFP Russian police on Monday said they had arrested 60 people suspected of storming an airport in the Muslim-majority Caucasus republic of Dagestan, seeking to attack Jewish passengers coming from Israel. Dozens of protesters, many of them chanting “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest), broke through doors and bar...
MOSCOW (AA) – Deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has warned that the Israeli military’s ground operation in the Gaza Strip will lead to the “most serious bloody consequences.” In a statement on Telegram, Medvedev noted that Israel keeps postponing its ground operation in Gaza “mostly under pressure fr...
United Nations, United States – AFP The UN Security Council on Wednesday failed again to take action on the Israel-Hamas war, with Russia and China vetoing a US-led draft resolution and a text led by Moscow drawing insufficient support. The rival powers went ahead and put forward texts doomed to defeat despite what diplomats said [&helli...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – At least five civilians were killed and seven others injured in Russian airstrikes targeting a tent camp in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, local sources said on Tuesday. A Russian warplane took off from the Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia city and carried out an air attack on a camp, where forcibly […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia has called on the Palestinian resistance group Hamas to release all its prisoners “urgently and immediately.” “All prisoners must be urgently, immediately released, this is our firm position. We, of course, call on Hamas to ensure that all prisoners are released,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel said Monday there was no temporary truce to allow aid in or foreigners out of the Gaza Strip, where desperation was mounting among millions of Palestinians trapped in the heavily bombarded enclave with little food or water. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to Israel Monday before a loomin...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that civilian casualties will be “absolutely unacceptable” in case of an Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at a meeting of the heads of the Commonwealth of Independents States (CIS) in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, Putin said that employing heavy mil...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the deployment of US aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea has a negative impact on the situation in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow, Putin questioned the purpose of sending a US military group to the region at […]