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Russia strike kills at least 6 Al-Qaeda militants in Syria, medical officials, war monitor say
A Russian airstrike Tuesday targeted a military post of a group linked to Al-Qaeda in northwest Syria killing at least six militants, medical officials and a war monitor said.
The airstrike on the Jabal Al-Zawiya area in the northwestern…
Putin accuses West of wanting Russians ‘to kill each other’ in aborted revolt
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine and its Western allies of wanting Russians to “kill each other” during a revolt by mercenaries of the Wagner group, which stunned the country with an aborted march on Moscow over…
Senior Russian lawmaker calls for professional army of seven million
A senior Russian lawmaker who has been involved in a number of negotiations related to Moscow’s campaign in Ukraine called late on Monday for a professional army seven-million strong to ensure that no mercenary groups are needed for the…
Leaders of Russia, UAE hold phone call on mutiny attempt in Russia
Leaders of Russia and the United Arab Emirates held a phone call, the Kremlin and UAE’s state news agency said on Monday.
According to the Kremlin, United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahayan was interested in…
Iranian president gives ‘his full support’ to Putin in telephone call, Kremlin says
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gave “his full support” to Vladimir Putin during a telephone call, the Kremlin announced in a statement on Monday, two days after an aborted mutiny in Russia.
“The Iranian president has expressed his full…
Future of Putin pal Shoigu on line after Wagner revolt
They have sun-bathed bare-chested together in remote Siberia, shared fishing holidays and played on the same ice hockey team.
Russia’s long-serving Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has long been seen not just as a political ally of…
With Russia revolt over, mercenaries’ future and direction of Ukraine war remain uncertain
Russian government troops withdrew from the streets of Moscow on Sunday and the rebellious mercenary soldiers who had occupied other cities were gone, but the short-lived revolt has weakened President Vladimir Putin just as his forces are…
Ukraine’s Zelensky discusses Russian turmoil with Biden, Trudeau, Duda
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he discussed the weekend’s turmoil in Russia in phone calls with the leaders of the United States, Canada and Poland on Sunday, and that the “weakness” of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin had been…
Wagner chief Prigozhin vows to ‘stop’ Russia after alleged attack on forces
The chief of the Wagner mercenary group on Friday accused Russia of killing a “huge number” of its forces in strikes and vowed to retaliate, ratcheting up tensions between Moscow and the private military company.
Wagner chief Yevgeny…
US, UK, France demand UN investigate Russia’s sanctions-busting use of Iranian drones in Ukraine
The United States, Britain and France demanded Friday that the United Nations urgently investigate Russia’s reported use of hundreds of Iranian-provided drones in the war in Ukraine, which would violate UN sanctions. But it’s unclear…