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Afghans march in cities to call for pullout of US troops
Jan 17, 2019 18:41Several hundred protesters have marched in three cities in southern and eastern Afghanistan to call for a ceasefire and an end to the US-led war in the country.
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Russia, Turkey, Iran to hold talks on Syria conflict early next week
Dec 28, 2018 17:41Russia, Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran are set to hold a new round of talks on the ongoing foreign-sponsored Syria crisis early next year, in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s decision last week to withdraw American troops from the war-ravaged Arab country.
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Germany ‘strongly opposes deployment of US nukes in Europe’
Dec 27, 2018 14:17Germany is strongly opposed to the stationing of American medium-range missiles with nuclear warheads in Europe if the United States scraps a key Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia, the German top diplomat says.
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Russia: 6,000 US-backed militants residing in Syrian refugee camp
Nov 17, 2018 16:19A Russian Defense Ministry official says the US is to be held responsible for the dire humanitarian situation in Syria's Rukban camp, warning that about 6,000 US-backed militants are currently residing besides civilian refugees at the shelter.
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Syrian troops discover new caches of US-built munitions in ex-terrorist redoubts
Nov 07, 2018 06:36Syrian army forces have uncovered new caches of British and US-made munitions, including machine guns, sniper rifles, anti-tank missiles as well as mortar rounds, used by foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants in the country’s southwestern provinces of Rif Dimashq and Quneitra.
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US must swiftly revise sanctions pressure policy against Iran: Russia
Nov 03, 2018 17:34Russia has "resolutely" condemned a recent "destructive" move by the United States to impose a new wave of sanctions on Iran, urging Washington to immediately review its policy of sanctions pressure against Tehran.
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US plane piloted drones attacking Russia's Syria airbase: General
Oct 25, 2018 12:02Russia says its Hmeimim air base in Syria – where it is involved in an anti-terror mission – once came under attack by over a dozen remotely-piloted American unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs.)
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Leading rights groups urge Turkey to call for UN probe into Khashoggi case
Oct 19, 2018 06:06Four leading human rights and press freedom groups have urged Turkey to call for a UN probe into the possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in order to prevent a cover-up of the alleged crime.
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Militant groups refuse to implement Russia-Turkey deal
Oct 01, 2018 13:41The fate of an agreement between Russia and Turkey to set up a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib hangs in balance with Turkish-backed militants refusing to withdraw and opposing the deployment of Russian troops.
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Trump’s new secretary of state to declare end of US soft policy on Russia
Apr 12, 2018 16:22US President Donald Trump’s designated secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is due to appear at his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, where he will tell lawmakers in the upper chamber of Congress that years of soft policy towards Russia are “now over.”