Russia has diplomatic relationships with all the parties involved, despite their mutual antagonisms, and has historically pursued active diplomacy in the Middle East. The recent official visit to Moscow by representatives from Hamas and Iran was roundly condemned by Israel. A spokesperson for Israel’s foreign ministry called the visit an …

In a televised speech delivered live on November 3, Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said that he had not been informed by Hamas prior to the October 7 attack on Israel. Nasrallah added that the decision about the war, and the war itself, is “100% Palestinian” and has nothing to do …

On November 6, 2023, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) issued a press release in Arabic, calling for the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership to boycott visits by American officials and sever all ties with the U.S., declaring the country an enemy which must be targeted, just like …

As the war led by Hamas and the Palestinian factions against Israel in the Gaza Strip continues, following the October 7, 2023 merciless attack by Hamas on Israeli army bases and communities, the spokesman of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Hebron announced his group’s intention to join the fight against …

Iran said on Sunday that it foiled a Mossad drone attack in eastern Iran after arresting three local agents of the Israeli spy agency in a joint operation with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) near its eastern borders with Afghanistan. Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in cooperation with Afghanistan’s IEA “neutralized …

A joint investigation by The Insider, Bellingcat and CNN with the participation of Der Spiegel established the names and ranks of the FSB officers who poisoned Alexei Navalny with Novichok. As it turned out, the poisoning in Tomsk was already the second attempt; two months before that, the same FSB …

Le partenariat «la Ceinture et la Route» est une symphonie jouée par tout le monde, et non par une seule personne ou un seul pays. Grâce à la synchronisation réussie des objectifs de développement et des demandes pragmatiques des partenaires, l’Initiative la Ceinture et la Route (BRI) a aidé les …

As war rages in Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to escalate, causing grievous harm to civilians and threatening stability across the Middle East. Crisis Group experts offer a 360-degree view of how various capitals in the region view this crisis and their own interests therein. The 7 October attack by …

With Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza underway and Houthi rebels in Yemen firing missiles toward Israel, the risk of regional escalation by Iran’s various proxies has reached dangerous new heights. A day before today’s planned speech by Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, the group claimed to have simultaneously attacked nineteen positions …

Dagestan – the “land of the mountains” – is a multi-ethnic Russian republic situated in the north Caucasus of eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. A place of stunning landscapes, it is a deeply troubled region. On October 29, a crowd at Makhachkala airport in Dagestan’s capital city reportedly went …