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Trump frames Iran war as support for regional partners
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States entered the war with Iran primarily to support its...
Trump says US could end Iran strikes within weeks
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States could wind down its military campaign against Iran within...
Oil rally extends as Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed
SINGAPORE (Realist English). Global oil prices continued to climb during Asian trading as escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf and...
Kurdish “card” fails to materialise in Iran conflict
MOSCOW (Realist English). Kurdish forces across Iran, Iraq and Syria have largely refrained from entering the conflict involving Iran, despite...
“There will be no winners in this war”: Stanislav Ivanov on the campaign against Iran and Hezbollah’s decline
MOSCOW (Realist English). The fourth week of the United States–Israeli military campaign against Iran has become a turning point for...
Reports detail US military losses in Iran war
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Reports of U.S. military losses in the ongoing conflict with Iran have raised concerns about operational risks...
Pentagon weighs limited ground operations in Iran, report says
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Pentagon is preparing contingency plans for limited ground operations in Iran, potentially including raids on key...
U.S. seeks Iran talks as war timeline extends beyond plans
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States is seeking to hold talks with Iran as early as this or next week,...
NATO chief says US leadership made alliance stronger
BRUSSELS (Realist English). NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said U.S. President Donald Trump has strengthened the alliance by pushing member...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
Baku hysteria: Aliyev demands Russia remove Nagorno-Karabakh from Channel One map
BAKU (Realist English). Another bout of political allergy has struck Baku. Ilham Aliyev's dictatorial regime demanded "clear explanations" from Russia after...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
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