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Russia’s Lebanese Matryoshka Doll

Middle East
The fact that Prime Minister Hariri received a royal reception at Moscow airport, with President Putin's special representative in the Middle East and North Africa Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Deputy Chief of Protocol in the Russian government Ambassador Kuznetsov, and the Lebanese ambassador to Moscow in attendance, is no minor detail.

Does Anyone Care? It’s Time to Break the Silence on Palestine

Middle East
Should they be surprised by the deafening silence in the West, the lack of solidarity and guilty conscience of the leaders of the Arab Gulf, or the disturbing silence of the Asian and North African countries? It seems, again, for the umpteenth time, most Arab countries prioritize close ties with the United States and Israel over speaking up against the apartheid state of Israel and its ongoing violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.

Russia in the Middle East: From Arms to Mercenaries

Opinion
Despite Moscow testing a wide spectrum of weaponry and military hardware in Syria, this has not translated into an uptick of its military exports to the Middle East and Northern Africa, a region which occupies a special place for Russia to expand its military-technical cooperation with countries around the globe.

Israelis Might Go to Polls for the 5th Time in Two Years

News
”Yossi Mekelberg, a professor of international relations and an associate fellow at the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, declared “Israel’s democratic system needs a radical overhaul, and with it a set of clear rules governing the criteria and norms that should apply to those seeking to enter public life and to their behavior once elected.

China-Iran Treaty: Hydrocarbons Bring the Old Friends Closer

World
The ‘look East’ strategy first articulated by the Ahmadinejad administration (2005-2013) has come to form the backbone of Iran’s diplomatic strategy too, encouraging Tehran to turn Eastwards and ‘Northwards’ (Russia) since the Trump administration in order to break free of the straightjackets that the Western alliance had endeavored to keep Iran wrapped in.