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It’s Time to Return Incirlik & Kurecik Bases to Turkey, Reconsider Relations With US, Observer Says

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021By Editor

Turks have taken to the streets in Istanbul, Ankara, Adana, and other cities to protest against Joe Biden recognising the events of 1915 as an Armenian genocide. The demonstrators called upon the Turkish authorities to end the US military’s use of the Incirlik Air Base and Kurecik Radar Station in southern Turkey. … Read More >It’s Time to Return Incirlik & Kurecik Bases to Turkey, Reconsider Relations With US, Observer Says

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John Kerry Under Fire Over Allegedly Telling Zarif About Israel Striking Syria ‘at Least 200 Times’

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021By Editor

Syria has repeatedly called the international community’s attention to the airstrikes reportedly committed by the IDF on its territory. Generally, Tel-Aviv refrains from commenting on these reports. … Read More >John Kerry Under Fire Over Allegedly Telling Zarif About Israel Striking Syria ‘at Least 200 Times’

RDIF to Deliver Sputnik V Vaccine to India, First Doses to Arrive on May 1

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021By Editor

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) will deliver Sputnik V vaccine to India amid a difficult situation with COVID-19, the first doses will arrive on May 1, the fund’s CEO Kirill Dmitriev said in an interview with CNN on Monday. … Read More >RDIF to Deliver Sputnik V Vaccine to India, First Doses to Arrive on May 1

More B-52 Bombers Arrive in Qatar to Protect US Troop Pullout From Afghanistan

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021By Editor

Two additional B-52 bombers have arrived in Qatar to provide security for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan that will begin May 1, the Air Force said on Monday. … Read More >More B-52 Bombers Arrive in Qatar to Protect US Troop Pullout From Afghanistan

It’s All About Trust: How Sputnik V COVID Jab is Bringing Russia and Latin America Closer Together

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021By Editor

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is helping Moscow to regain its foothold in Latin America, which has traditionally been viewed by the US as within its sphere of influence, the Associated Press highlighted on 12 April. How might the COVID jab help Russo-Latin American rapprochement? … Read More >It’s All About Trust: How Sputnik V COVID Jab is Bringing Russia and Latin America Closer Together

Israel Defense Forces to ‘React Strongly’ if Gaza Rocket Launches Continue – Reports

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021By Editor

The Israeli military warns that it will respond powerfully in case of more rocket launches from Gaza, The Jerusalem Post reports. … Read More >Israel Defense Forces to ‘React Strongly’ if Gaza Rocket Launches Continue – Reports

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Spanish Rescuers Find 17 Dead African Migrants on People-Trafficking Boat

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021By Editor

More than 1,850 Africans died while being trafficked in small boats to the Canary Islands of Spain in 2020, and the rate of new arrivals has more than doubled in the first quarter of this year according to immigration monitors. … Read More >Spanish Rescuers Find 17 Dead African Migrants on People-Trafficking Boat

Iran’s IRGC Vessels Harass US Ships in Persian Gulf, Media Claims

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021By Editor

Boats from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps harassed US Coast Guard ships earlier this month in the Persian Gulf, the first such altercation in a year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. … Read More >Iran’s IRGC Vessels Harass US Ships in Persian Gulf, Media Claims

Iran’s Army Rolls Out New Domestically-Made Hardware as Tehran-Washington Tensions Persist

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021By Editor

The Islamic Republic has made significant strides in creating a range of domestically-made sophisticated weapons systems in recent years, in the face of increasing tensions with the US that were exacerbated by Washington’s unilateral exit from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. … Read More >Iran’s Army Rolls Out New Domestically-Made Hardware as Tehran-Washington Tensions Persist

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US Embassy in Ankara Beefs Up Security After Biden Recognises Armenian Genocide

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021By Editor

The Turkish authorities have stepped up security measures at the US Embassy in Ankara after US President Joe Biden officially recognised the 1915 massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as a genocide, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Monday. … Read More >US Embassy in Ankara Beefs Up Security After Biden Recognises Armenian Genocide