This is Beirut, 22/05 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Kremlin said Thursday it had not yet agreed to peace talks with Ukraine at the Vatican, after US media reported the city state could host a meeting soon. Russian and Ukrainian officials held their first face-to-face talks on the conflict in more than three years last week in Istanbul, but did not reach an agreement on a ceasefire. The Wall ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-11 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Kremlin said Wednesday that it wanted to see rapid stabilization in Syria, criticizing Israeli strikes and its creation of a "buffer zone" along the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Russia also said its military offensive on Ukraine remained its "absolute priority" amid questions over whether Moscow's almost three-year campaign there meant it ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-08 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies, hours after he fled the country as Islamist-led rebels entered Damascus. The announcement comes as Russia, a key Assad ally, called for an emergency meeting of the UN security council on the fast-changing situation on the ground in ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-28 10:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Kremlin warned on Wednesday against European countries sending troops to Ukraine, highlighting the risk of direct conflict between NATO and Russia. European allies, including France, debated the idea of sending ground troops to Ukraine, but several other countries categorically rejected the idea, opting instead for a military aid. On ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-22 13:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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During a meeting with Democratic Party donors on Thursday, US President Joe Biden called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "crazy SOB." The Kremlin denounced "shameful" remarks. US President Joe Biden called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "crazy SOB" at a public fundraising event Wednesday, which the Kremlin decried as ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-14 16:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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President Putin declared Russia's ability to 'move forward' despite Western sanctions and isolation from the Ukraine offensive, during a year-end news conference on Thursday, following his announcement last week of running for a fifth term in March. President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia can "move forward" despite Western economic ...