Russia Presses Turkey for Access to U.S. Airbase

Russia has approached Turkey to request use of the U.S.-built Incirlik air base.

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Putin said willing to host Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Amid speculation over a developing Egyptian bid to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said late Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was willing to host Israeli and Palestinian leaders for direct talks.

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Putin ups ante in challenge of U.S. dominance of Persian Gulf, Middle East

Russian President Vladimir Putin has outflanked Washington again in the Syrian civil war by launching bombers this week from a new base — Iran — giving him the power to strike more quickly with heavier bombardments against U.S.-backed rebels, analysts say.

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Erdogan and Putin agree on multi-billion energy deal

Turkey and Russia agreed to revive the multibillion-dollar “Turkish Stream” natural gas pipeline after a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Aug. 9.

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Turkey’s Erdogan turns to Putin as tensions rise with the West

Nine months after Turkish forces shot a Russian warplane out of the sky near the Syrian border, the bad blood between the countries is over.

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Russia Might Use Veto Power to Protect Israel at United Nations, Israeli Official Says

Russia is not ruling out using its veto power at the United Nations Security Council to thwart anti-Israel resolutions, an unnamed Israeli diplomatic official involved in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Moscow last week told the Israeli news site nrg.

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