Posted on Sun, May 27, 2012 at 21:57 pm CEST
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The Al Houla atrocity: The outcome of nuclear diplomacy with Iran

Bashar Assad and his army chiefs can safely carry on with their “unspeakable crimes” for the next six months under the Iranian-Russian umbrella… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations • Yemen 
Posted on Mon, December 12, 2011 at 16:22 pm CET
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Did Russia Play a Major Role in Iran’s Capture of the US Stealth Drone?

Moscow is deeply involved in helping Iran repel the next and most critical stage of the cyber war… Continue reading

Topics: China • Cyber War • Iran • Israel • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, February 25, 2011 at 01:57 am CET
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Egypt’s Revolution: The More They Reassure Us, The More We Worry

I think I was the first person to warn that the Egyptian revolution wasn’t all roses but also had a dangerous amount of thorns… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Hamas • Islamism • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Sat, February 19, 2011 at 14:35 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Anti-Semitism on the Wane in Russia

Russia has recently shown clear signs of throwing off its long and tragic history of anti-Semitism. In the past several years… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Israel • Jew-Hatred • Jewish Life • Russian Federation • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, January 18, 2011 at 17:13 pm CET
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Medvedev makes ‘historic’ visit to ‘Disputed Territories’

The Russian Federation’s President Dmitry Medvedev visited the ‘disputed territories’ on a “historic” trip as part of his Middle East tour, CNN reported on Tuesday… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • Russian Federation • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, December 12, 2010 at 11:18 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Strong Pushback On the Turkey-Armenia Normalization

Burns stressed that the U.S. believes that progress on the Turkey-Armenia protocols could create political space for Sargsian to be more flexible on NK. He continued that the reverse was also true, that a failure of the Turkey-Armenia process would almost… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Iran • Russian Federation • Turkey • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, October 20, 2010 at 14:03 pm CEST
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Iran Denies Buying S-300 Systems From Venezuela

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met on Tuesday and called for expansion of Tehran-Caracas relations. In a meeting, the two sides stressed the need to utilize the current potential to increase ties in all areas… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Russian Federation • Venezuela 
Posted on Sat, October 16, 2010 at 19:27 pm CEST
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Iran May Get Russian S-300 Missiles After All – Via Venezuela

Venezuela’s ruler Hugo Chavez, offered to buy five advanced S-300PMU-1 air defense missile battalions when he met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow Thursday, Oct. 14. Israel immediately turned to Washington to try and block the… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Iran • Russian Federation • Venezuela 
Posted on Tue, May 18, 2010 at 18:26 pm CEST
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Russian President Meets Khaled Mashaal in Damascus

Before Israel’s president Shimon Peres had time to unpack his bags from his Moscow visit, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was closeted with the Palestinian terrorist leader, Hamas’ Khaled Meshaal. Medvedev’s surprise meeting with the Hamas leadership was perceived as yet another slap in the face to both Washington and Jerusalem… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Russian Federation • Syria