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‘If Middle East Is Unstable, World Will Not Be at Peace’: How China Views the Israel-Iran War
“If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be at peace,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday. “If the ...
Israel-Iran conflict live updates: Fresh attacks as Trump sets two-week deadline for U.S. action
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is meeting in Geneva with his counterparts from Britain, France, Germany and the E.U.
Israel-Iran live updates: Contamination inside Iran's Natanz nuclear plant, IAEA says
Aerial attacks between Israel and Iran continued overnight into Thursday, marking a seventh day of strikes following Israel's ...
Russia remains strategically aligned with Iran, despite online claims the Kremlin withdrew support
In sum, there is no Bloomberg article that explicitly claimed Russia had ceased its alliance with Iran. In reality, Russia's ...
Why Isn’t Russia Defending Iran?
Leaning into pro-Palestinian and anti-Western sentiment allowed Russia to score points with global public opinion. But ...
Watch Live: UN Security Council Discusses Israeli Attack On Iran
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) speaks in an emergency session The five permanent members of the council -- the ...
Even if Russia loses another Mideast ally, it stands to profit from the chaos
On the face of it, Russia has so much to lose. Iran has been a particularly useful “strategic partner” for the Kremlin, not ...
Russia wants to mediate in the Middle East. But it seems unprepared to help strategic ally Iran
Iran is a strategic partner to Russia, but Moscow isn't rushing to Tehran's aid in the face of Israeli strikes.