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Turkey seeks to deploy radar systems in Syria, Western intelligence sources say
AZAZ (Realist English). Turkey has been attempting in recent weeks to deploy radar systems on Syrian territory, according to two...
Israel–Turkey relations unlikely to improve while Erdogan remains in power, former Israeli PM adviser says
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Relations between Israel and Turkey have little chance of improving in the foreseeable future and are...
Turkey asks Russia to take back S-400 system as F-35 talks with US advance
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey has asked Russia to take back the S-400 air defence system, marking a significant shift in...
Hamas signals willingness to halt attacks for up to a decade if Israel fully withdraws from Gaza, Palestinian official says
GAZA (Realist English). Hamas has told mediators it is prepared to suspend all offensive operations against Israel for seven to...
Qatar and Egypt urge Israeli withdrawal and rapid deployment of international force to secure Gaza ceasefire
DOHA (Realist English). Qatar and Egypt, acting as guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, called on Saturday for Israel to withdraw...
Pope Leo XIV prays at Beirut port blast site as families continue fight for justice
BEIRUT (Realist English). Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday visited the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion, offering a silent...
Iran’s leader says US and Israel suffered “clear defeat” in June conflict
TEHRAN (Realist English). Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the United States sustained significant losses during the 12-day confrontation with Iran...
Chinese PLA presence at UAE base raised alarms inside US intelligence — former officials
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States concluded that Chinese military personnel were deployed at a UAE military facility after American...
Saudi Arabia to open two new alcohol stores as kingdom cautiously expands access
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Saudi Arabia is preparing to open two additional alcohol stores — including one inside an Aramco compound...
“Armenians are the autochthonous people of the South Caucasus”: geneticist Levon Yepiskoposyan on the Armenian gene pool and its neighbors
YEREVAN (Realist English). Levon Yepiskoposyan – Doctor of Biological Sciences, head of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics at the Institute of...
“The main Russophobes are the enemies of communists”: Dmitry Novikov responds to attacks on the Communist Party
MOSCOW (Realist English). In an article published in the newspaper Soviet Russia on April 4, 2026, Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee...
Oleg Morozov: Mintimer Shaimiev is a sage with political genius
MOSCOW (Realist English). Oleg Morozov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Control and a member of the United Russia party,...
US and Iran agree two-week ceasefire as Strait of Hormuz reopens
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, with U.S. President Donald Trump suspending...
“Playing the Kurdish card isn’t working for the CIA and Mossad”: expert on the position of Kurds amid the war in Iran
MOSCOW (Realist English). The war between the United States and Israel against Iran has not led to the activation of Kurdish...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
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