The admission of Syria into the Chinese economic project is the latest sign of strengthening relations between Damascus and Beijing. Syria has joined a major Chinese initiative on global trade, infrastructure and connectivity. The head of Syria’s Planning and International Cooperation Commission, Fadi al-Khalil, signed a memorandum of understanding with …

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) tore into President Biden’s speech advocating a suspension of filibuster rules, in remarks on the Senate floor on Wednesday. “The president’s rant — rant — yesterday was incoherent, incorrect, and beneath his office,” McConnell said. Biden gave a speech at Morehouse College in …

Soleimani’s strategy “was able to multiply the power of the resistance against the Zionist regime” by arming them. Iranian media, to mark the anniversary of the death of Qasem Soleimani, have provided unique new details about Iran’s support for Palestinian groups. In a recent article from the Tasnim News branch …

The Mossad chief met with the Libyan PM to discuss normalization with Israel, which may be difficult considering the ongoing chaos in Libya. Mossad Director David Barnea and Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Mohammed Al-Dabaiba recently met in Jordan to discuss normalization and security cooperation, Saudi Arabian and Libyan media outlets …

Israeli citizens were in contact with an Iranian intelligence agent, known as Rambud Namdar, and were recruited to carry out missions. The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) has arrested five Israelis who had been recruited by an Iranian intelligence agent to whom they sent photographs and other information, the agency …

Renowned Russian academic Sergey Karaganov describes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the latest October Valdai Forum[1] as the “first major and strong call for reinventing Russian ideology for Russia and the world.”[2] Indeed, Putin’s speech can be viewed as an ideological manifesto that tries to put Russia back in …

Ελάχιστοι τρέφουν αυταπάτες για το αποτέλεσμα των διαπραγματεύσεων που ξεκίνησαν χθες στη Γενεύη μεταξύ των ΗΠΑ και της Ρωσίας. Οι δύο χώρες πραγματοποιούν συνομιλίες που αφορούν στην αρχιτεκτονική ασφάλειας της ευρωπαϊκής ηπείρου. Η Ουκρανία αποτελεί ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα αγκάθια, όχι ότι δεν υπάρχουν και άλλα σοβαρά θέματα, στα οποία …

Я полностью согласен с Дмитрием Песковым. Посудомойки – это не святое. Имею в виду посудомоечные машины. А вот люди-посудомойки – совсем другое дело. Люди – наш приоритет. Если кухарки могут управлять государством, то и посудомойки справятся не хуже. А посудомоечной машины у меня дома нет. Я по старинке считаю, что …

Russia staged live-fire exercises with troops and tanks near the Ukrainian border on Tuesday while sounding a downbeat note over the prospects for talks with the United States that Washington hopes will remove the possible threat of an invasion of Ukraine. A day after the U.S. side urged Russia at …

Ukraine and the United States remain united in seeking to defuse a standoff with Moscow through diplomacy and are working closely to deter Russian aggression, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said after speaking to his U.S. counterpart. Kuleba spoke to Secretary of State Antony Blinken a day after the United …