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Syrian Civil War
Gold fever grips post-Assad Syria as treasure hunters scour land for buried riches
DAMASCUS (Realist English). Since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime last December, a new nightly ritual has taken hold on...
Druze leader warns Israel: Syria massacre is a red flag for our own security
AKKO (Realist English). Sheikh Muafak Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, issued a stark warning on...
Syrian lawyers call for investigation into attacks on Druze community in Suwayda
DAMASCUS (Realist English). The Committee for Human Rights and Public Freedoms of the Syrian Bar Association’s Suwayda branch has issued...
Druze leader accuses Syrian government of ‘genocidal campaign’ after deadly clashes near Damascus
DAMASCUS (Realist English). Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual head of Syria’s Druze community, has accused the country’s new government of...
Turkey “gave time” to Russia to withdraw the Kurdish militia from Tell Rifaat
DAMASCUS (Realist English). Russian officials are trying to convince Damascus and the Kurdish militia to leave the Syrian city of...
US and Russia urge Türkiye to avoid escalation of violence in Syria
DAMASCUS (Realist English). The United States and Russia have urged Turkey to avoid escalating violence in northern Syria, Bloomberg reports....
Erdogan’s hypocrisy knows no bounds
TEHRAN (Realist English). Recep Erdoğan's speech in Tehran at the recurrent summit of the countries in the format of the...
Erdoğan is speculating with the bogeyman of the Kurdish threat for a greater occupation of Syria
MOSCOW (Realist English). Turkish President Recep Erdoğan is speculating with the bogeymanof the Kurdish threat in his expansionist interests in...
Erdogan’s ex-adviser urged NATO to weaken Russia’s presence in Syria
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey's position in NATO may be under threat. Taha Özhan, Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister of...
Nancy Pelosi to retire from Congress after nearly 40 years in office
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing California Democrat who became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the...
Japan weighs expanding defense budget to include space and infrastructure projects
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan is considering a significant expansion of what qualifies as defense-related spending, potentially counting space, infrastructure, and...
Putin convenes Security Council over Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear testing
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Friday to discuss Washington’s...
Putin appoints Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of Tver region
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of the Tver region, according to...
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...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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