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Clashes in Ukraine Flashpoint Town Rage for Third Day

Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels clashed heavily for a third straight day at a flashpoint town Tuesday, as thousands of locals remained without power after a deadly surge in fighting. The industrial hub of Avdiivka came under attack on Sunday from insurgents seeking to wrest back territory controlled by Kiev ...

January 31, 2017

Middle East

Russian Long-range Bombers Destroy ISIL Targets in Syria’s Deir Ezzor

Russian long-range bombers have destroyed two ISIL command centers, along with weapons and ammunition depots in Syria’s Deir Ezzor province – the latest in a series of strikes against the ‘jihadists’ in the area, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced. “On January 30, six Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian ...

January 31, 2017

Middle East

Iranian Foreign Minsiter Mohammad Javad Zarif

Zarif Hopes US Not Using Iran Defense Program Pretext to Create New Tensions

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday warned the United States new administration against creating new tensions with Tehran over ballistic missile tests. “We hope that Iran’s defense program is not used by the new US administration… as a pretext to create new tensions,” Zarif said in a televised ...

January 31, 2017

World

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov

Russia: Iran Missile Test Does Not Contravene UN Resolution

Russia on Tuesday said that a reported ballistic missile test by Iran does not contravene a United Nations resolution on Tehran’s nuclear program, after the US requested emergency UN consultations. “Such actions, if they took place, do not breach the resolution,” Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told Interfax news ...

January 31, 2017

World

NATO, Trump Both Want Dialogue with Russia: Stoltenberg

US President Donald Trump and NATO both agree on the need for dialogue with Russia from a position of strength, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday. Trump has badly rattled Europe with his softer line on Moscow and by calling into question Washington’s near-70 year commitment to an alliance he ...

January 31, 2017

World

Abu Umar al-Shishani, the ethnic Chechen Emir of ISIL

ISIL Recruitment of Russians Decreases: Committee

Russian special services note a reduction in ISIL’s recruiting of Russians, the National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAK) said Tuesday. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, over 3,200 Russians left for Syria and Iraq to fight on the side of terrorists since the start of the war, with some 500 of them ...

January 31, 2017

World

Netanyahu’s Wall Tweet Angers Mexico’s Jewish Community

Mexico’s small Jewish community condemned the Israeli prime minister’s support for US President Donald Trump’s border wall as disappointing and shameful. The Mexican government demanded an apology from Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, but the Israeli leader insisted that he was not referring to Mexico in his weekend message on Twitter. ...

January 31, 2017

Middle East

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi

Iran Establishes Taskforce to Deal with Trump Travel Ban

Iran said a committee has been established to deal with the affairs of Iranians outside the country following a recent US travel ban. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi stated on Monday that suitable reciprocal actions and measures have been taken in the face of Washington’s new stance. On January 27, President ...

January 31, 2017

Middle East

French FM in Iran: I Come as Defender of Nuclear Deal

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Paris is committed to defend the nuclear deal known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action reached between Iran and G5+1(US, UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany), amid concerns that one of those countries, namely the United States, may act to breach it. Upon arrival ...

January 31, 2017

Middle East

Israeli Report: Ammonia Threat More Perilous Due to Growing Hezbolllah Capabilities

Talks about potential threats posed by ammonia are back to top in the Zionist entity. A new report says that such threats are growing more perilous due to advances in Hezbollah munitions. Israeli daily, Haaretz, warned that an attack on the ship that brings ammonia to the Zionist entity on ...

January 31, 2017