In an address to the Federal Assembly on February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would suspend its participation in the 2011 New START nuclear arms controls treaty. The treaty, which provided for a 50 percent reduction of the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers and a bilateral …

The insensitivity of the President of Serbia, the former general secretary of the convicted war criminal Vojislav Šešelj, who is the same thirty years after the crimes and the blackness of the people of the former Yugoslavia, including his own, only in accordance with the new circumstances, has become accustomed. …

In less than a month, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted both Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani and Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani as Paris works to revive its influence in the region and counter China and Iran. France is increasingly flexing its diplomatic muscles in Iraq as French President …

Clashes are occurring regularly in the Palestinian territory as tensions further rise. At least 10 Palestinians were killed in fighting with Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Nablus on Wednesday. The particularly deadly incident could further ignite tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the territories. The Palestinian Health …

“There is great interest in the weapons of our defense industry, which is why an additional investment of about 700 million euros will be secured in that sector before the end of the year,” said Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia from the arms fair in Abu Dhabi. “We will …

On February 12 and 13, 2023, the London-based daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published a two-part interview by the daily’s chief editor, Ghassan Charbel, with Leila Khaled, a former terrorist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and a current member of the Palestinian National Council. Khaled was involved …

As the war in Ukraine drags on, Western sanctions on Russia, the world’s largest natural gas and second-largest oil exporter, have sent Europe hunting for alternatives in the Middle East and North Africa. The year-old war in Ukraine has shifted energy dynamics between Europe and the Middle East as Russia, …

Turkey is increasingly relying on airpower in its fight against the PKK. New parties have been drawn into the conflict as it spreads to new theatres in Iraq and Syria, which, for now at least, complicates potential efforts to settle things down. Early February brought a fresh demonstration of the …

Sergei Strokan on what and why the main Chinese diplomat flew to Moscow The eight-day tour of the highest-ranking Chinese diplomat, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Wang Yi, which began last week in Paris, finishes in Moscow, and on the eve of the anniversary of …

The Justice Ministry has given the green light for the extradition of Russian citizen and notorious photographer Svetlana Timofeeva who was arrested in Albania on charges of espionage in August 2022, though her lawyer fears she would face human rights violations if she returns to Russia. Timofeeva was caught along …