Israeli warplanes had not approached Syria’s airspace since Russia supplied it with S-300 missile systems, Ksenia Svetlova, who sits on the Israeli parliament’s defense committee, said Monday. “There hasn’t been a single mission since Syria received S-300s. The S-300 has changed the balance of power in the region,” she told reporters. ...
Turkey will not abide by the United States’ sanctions on Iran, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, describing Washington’s move as aimed at unbalancing the world. Erdogan’s comments to reporters in Ankara came a day after Washington re-imposed sanctions, abandoning a 2015 deal between world powers and Iran over its ...