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Egypt and Russia signed on Thursday two agreements on the financing and construction of a nuclear plant that is part of “a peaceful nuclear program for the production of electricity,” as Egyptian officials point out. The construction of the plant, Read more
Stakeholders in the Egyptian tourism industry would be concerned about its revival after President Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff, Segei Ivanov, told reporters in Helsinki, Finland, that Russian flights will not be heading to the north African country anytime soon Read more
Russia’s chief arms trade executive, Sergei V. Chemezov, said that the 2007 weapon agreement with Iran which concerns the S-300 air defense missile system “has already come into force.” The statement alarmed other countries in the Middle East, especially Iran’s Read more
Militants of the Islamic State had been on their back heels this week as they lost territories to the Assad government and to the rebels backed by the West and Arab States. Both sides owe their progress to Russia’s airstrikes Read more
Following Russia’s unwelcomed intervention in Syria, Qatar hinted that it could intervene in the war-torn country, probably in support of the rebels opposed to Assad’s regime, although it said it is rather for a political solution to Syria’s civil war. Read more
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad met Tuesday night in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during his first official trip outside his country since the beginning the civil war in 2011. Assad thanked Putin for his “help” in the Syrian conflict Read more
Turkey summoned the ambassadors of the U.S. and Russia separately to voice Ankara’s concerns regarding their respective countries’ cooperation with armed groups operating in Syria and Iraq. The ambassadors met with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and a foreign ministry official Read more
A Turkey-based coalition of Syrian opposition groups, known as the National Coalition, denounced the Russian airstrikes in Syria and decided to boycott the U.N led negotiations in protest against the move. Russia said its action is meant to help the Read more
The Iraqi forces together with armed popular groups made territorial gains against ISIS in their quest to retake the provincial Anbar capital, Ramadi, with the help of the airstrikes of the U.S-led coalition. Ramadi has been under the control of Read more
Russia’s military intervention in Syria is slowly straining diplomatic ties between Ankara and Moscow as the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was summoned for the second time, since the military operation began last week, to protest against the violation of its Read more