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   On Sunday, Russian officials including Denis Manturov, the nation's minister of industry and trade, and Mikhail Bogdanov, a special representative of President Vladimir Putin, were received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Mr. El Sisi discussed strengthening economic ties with the Russian authorities at the meeting, which was also attended by the vice-president of the Central Bank of Russia and the federation's ambassador in Cairo, according to a statement from the presidency. According to the communiqué, a joint Egyptian-Russian committee is now meeting in Cairo to discuss ways to collaborate in the business, industry, research, and artistic sectors. This month's meeting of the group will be its 14th in order to improve ties between Moscow and Cairo. The latest on Russian investments in Egypt, which Mr. El Sisi hopes to increase, was also discussed at the meeting. More grain and wheat trading was also considered, "in light of the ongoing difficulties in...

   Saudi Arabia will continue to work with Russia to maintain stable oil prices. This was confirmed by Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud who is the  Foreign Minister of Saudi.  Saudi is saying in their statements that Russia has an important place to stabilize the condition of the oil market in the world, and in the OPEC too. So, we looking forward to maintaining this relationship with this country Russia. The diplomat of Saudi Arabia said that because of Russia’s presence in the market of crude oil, they all have experienced relative stability and significant price changes in the world in typical situations. In the past years, the prices of Liquefied natural gas shrank down as Europe cut away from Russia and looked for other suppliers in the market which is already facing hard. Asian LNG spot prices are down about 67% from record highs this summer, but it is still more than double from 2021 levels. Brent crude prices shot above around $130 a barrel last year after t...

  The year 2022 was tough for the Middle East Because of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The USA and Russia jumped to get diplomatic engagement for their nation of this region and in between the food security crisis became worse. To fulfill the energy needs of Europe, the EU comes closer to middle eastern nations. And India also expanded their influence in this region, a bowl of energy. We cannot forget the QUAD, which is also impacting this region. In between world races, middle eastern countries are holding their autonomy and status tightly. The middle east is free from clashes and maintains peace to promote regional development. China's global diplomacy is also a notable point that is taking it to another level. After COVID-19, the major countries of the world do not want to take interest in the Middle East. As we had seen the US troops leaving Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya were also left with troops of Russian soldiers – Russia reduced their soldiers there. But the war between Ru...

  The United States on Friday issued new sanctions targeting suppliers of Iranian drones that Washington said have been used to target civilian infrastructure in Ukraine during the conflict with Russia. Russia has been attacking vital Ukraine infrastructure since October with barrages of missile and drones, causing sweeping power blackouts as cold weather sets in. The U.S. Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions on six executives and board members of Iran's Qods Aviation Industries (QAI), also known as Light Airplanes Design and Manufacturing Industries. The Treasury described QAI, which has been under U.S. sanctions since 2013, as a key Iranian defense manufacturer responsible for designing and producing drones. "We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to deny [Russian President Vladimir] Putin the weapons that he is using to wage his barbaric and unprovoked war on Ukraine," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in the statement. Iran's mission to the...

  With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the horror of nuclear war has returned to the forefront of public discourse after being absent for decades, underscoring the breakdown of the Cold War-era system of international security. The military impasse has stoked concerns that Moscow may turn to its nuclear arsenal in an effort to break the deadlock and forward its attack. The five recognised nuclear weapon states and permanent members of the UN Security Council are Britain, China, France, and Russia. According to Camille Grand, a former NATO deputy secretary-general, "it's the first time a nuclear power has used its standing to wage a conventional war beneath the shadow cast by nuclear weapons." Asserting that the use of the weapons is still "improbable," he told AFP, "One could have assumed that rogue states would take such an attitude, but suddenly it's one of the two big nuclear powers, a member of the UN Security Council." The moral a...

  In its most recent prisoner exchange with Russian forces , Ukraine claimed on Wednesday that it had managed to win the release of 64 Ukrainian military personnel as well as a US citizen. Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff for the Ukrainian presidency, posted on social media that "64 servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who battled in Donetsk and Lugansk — in particular participated in the defence of the city of Bakhmut — are heading home." Additionally, Suedi Murekezi, a US citizen who aided our people, may have been let free. Russian government-run According to the TASS news agency, Murekezi was detained in June in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and accused of participating in anti-Russian demonstrations and inciting "ethnic hate." Murekezi was born in Rwanda and immigrated to the US with his family in 1994, according to TASS, citing his lawyer. The attorney denied that his client was a combatant and stated that Murekezi worked in a nightclub in...

  Russia is giving an unprecedented level of military support, said US national security council spokesman John Kirby. The US has seen reports that the two countries are considering joint production of lethal drones, he added. Australia has announced it is sanctioning three Iranians and one Iranian business for supplying Russia with drones to use against Ukraine. Co-operation between the two nations has come under recent scrutiny - with Ukraine accusing Iran of supplying Russia with "kamikaze" drones used in a series of deadly attacks on 17 October. After denying this, the Middle Eastern country later admitted sending a "limited number" of drones to Russia, "many months" before the war in Ukraine. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said this was a lie and that Ukraine was shooting down about 10 Iranian drones a day. The Ukrainian air force said it had downed 10 of 15 such drones used to attack southern regions in the early hours of Saturday. The g...

Ilya Yashin, a member of the opposition, was found guilty on Friday by a Russian court of disseminating "false information" on Russia's military intervention in Ukraine. This is the most well-known conviction under the new law that makes criticising the campaign illegal. The 39-year-old Moscow councillor is merely the most recent in a long line of Kremlin opponents who have been marginalised in recent years, a crackdown that became more severe when the crisis started in February. An AFP reporter from the court reported that Yashin, who was handcuffed and wearing a white sweatshirt, grinned and waved to his family throughout the hearing. Yashin had committed a crime, according to judge Oksana Goryunova, by spreading "knowingly false information about Russia's Armed Forces." He had called the suspected killing of residents in Bucha, a town close to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where victims were discovered after Russian forces withdrew, a "massacr...

  The comments by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian come after months of confusing messaging from Iran about the weapons shipment, as   Russia sends the drones   slamming into Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilian targets. “We gave a limited number of drones to Russia months before the Ukraine war,” Amirabdollahian told reporters after a meeting in Tehran. Previously, Iranian officials had denied arming Russia in its war on Ukraine. Just earlier this week, Iran’s Ambassador to the U.N. Amir Saeid Iravani called the allegations “totally unfounded” and reiterated Iran’s position of neutrality in the war. The U.S. and its Western allies on the Security Council have called on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to investigate if Russia has used Iranian drones to attack civilians in Ukraine.  Even so, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has vaguely boasted of providing drones to the world’s top powers. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ex...

 Russia's predicament in Ukraine has prompted Moscow to turn to Tehran for stocks of precision-guided weapons . Its own arsenals are fast running out. There have been a number of instances where coastal defence and air defence missiles have been used by the Russians to strike at land targets in Ukraine - a role for which they are not best suited. Transport flights have been monitored heading from Iran to Russia. Reports from US sources suggest that Iranian trainers from the IRGC - the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps - have deployed to a base in Crimea to teach Russian personnel how to operate the systems. Wreckage from drones that have been shot down - both Iranian Shahed-131 loitering munitions (colloquially known as kamikaze drones) and the larger Shahed-136 - has been analysed. There is no doubt that Tehran, despite its denials, is compensating for a significant shortfall in Russia's arsenal.  This is clearly not good news for Ukraine. While a significant number of the Ir...

  Bashar-al-Assad is leader of Syria for another sever year term. The country though may be slowly experiencing winding down of decade long Civil War, the splinters of pain and violence remain deep embedded. But Assad, as he took oath of office on Saturday, has ceremoniously declared himself as the only savior of Syrians and who can rebuild Syria. The claim was backed by his first foreign guest, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi. Mr. Yi laid out a marker during oath ceremony that they can get job started for Assad in Syria.   China’s modus operandi of grabbing opportunities:   China jumping into grabbing Syria’s economic turmoil as its safe haven of opportunities comes straight out of its classic playbook. The very similar fashion it did elsewhere in Middle East, as well as Africa and Asia.   Syria’s allies Russia and Iran have been by side of Assad regime with end target of reconstructing the country, with their own interests in mind. The line up has now ...

  I want to share something interesting about what I read today. It’s about the point when President Joe Biden reported the US withdrawal from Afghanistan this year, scarcely any anticipated that the Taliban would gain huge spaces of extra domains so quickly. As indicated by moderate gauges, 33% of Afghan locale are currently in Taliban hands and they guarantee to be in charge of 85% of the country. In case that is false yet, it will be soon.   For me, Afghanistan for quite a long time has comprised a cemetery for colonialist aspirations, and Russian recollections of these embarrassments stay new. Iranian, Chinese or even Taliban desires to rule this Central Asian passage are destined to be not any more effective than those of their archetypes. Their solitary heritage will be boundless human hopelessness, enduring and annihilation. Looking at it, As the vultures circle over Kabul, it is plainly past the point where it is possible to trust that Biden will alter his perspec...

  I want to share something interesting about what I read today. It’s about Russia will positively proceed with its antibody strategy, which has demonstrated an effective device around the world. Nonetheless, practically it will be principally effective among Russia-accommodating governments, which acknowledge its international job. Paradoxically, since delicate force systems can be gravely harmed by hard force/military procedures, Russia's delicate force will be less successful among international contenders and where Moscow is viewed as a danger.   For me, There are compromises among hard and delicate force procedures and they are frequently incongruent. Russia will keep on adjusting both methodologies' separate applications, specifically introducing itself as a tactical force or a worldwide wellbeing partner.

  Oil prices held steady after a crucial meeting yesterday between the oil producers that could set the tone of the global crude market for the rest of the year. Brent crude traded just above $75 as ministers from the 23-strong OPEC+ alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, prepared for one of the most important meetings for many months. After their final round of meeting the officials will decide whether to increase production against a background of improving demand as the world climbs out of the pandemic recession.   Oil expert Robin Mills, chief executive of the Qamar Energy consultancy, mentioned that the market and forecasts are certainly signaling the need for more supply. However, the Energy Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, is inclined to favor a cautious approach as the global market approaches rebalancing after the volatility of last year, with new COVID-19 variants threatening an economic recovery in several countries. He told a...

  Here’s something good that I want to share with what I read today. It’s This won't had been one of the brilliant anciental summits, including the only in 1985 among Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev that paved the manner to the finishing of the Cold War, however it nevertheless may want to show to be a mini-turning point. Given that the nation of US-Russian members of the family had a hint of Siberian frost, a few thawing in ties turned into an affordable aim. Too many primary troubles wanted addressing to be left to stand a twenty first century bloodless war.   As for me, the question lingers as w ill it work out? Putin may want to do with a rest of US sanctions, whilst Biden has a buying listing of regions wherein Russia may want to modify its behavior. Neither chief seems to have made any brilliant or maybe minor concessions, however at the least the door has been left ajar for this type of possibility.

  Global powers and Iran have, on Thursday, resumed talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal in an effort that is visibly complicated by Tehran’s stance to ramp up uranium enrichment.  Iran announced its decision on Tuesday to enrich uranium at 60% purity as a response to an explosion at its Natanz facility on Sunday. This is a stride closer to the 90% that is said to be a weapons-grade material The announcement has cast a dark shadow over the Vienna talks. The U.S. and European parties have called the move “provocative” and have said that Tehran’s enrichment move is not in line with the efforts to revive the accord that was halted by Washington three years ago. The 2015 agreement tried to make it harder for Tehran to develop an atom bomb in return for lifting sanctions. Tehran's continuous refusal to engage in direct talks with the United States compelled the European intermediaries to shuttle between hotels in Vienna when Iran and the other signatories - China, Britai...

  Moscow’s direct participation in decade long Syrian Civil War leading to extensive human rights violations through horrific war crimes has been directly condemned by Russia based human rights groups. The rights groups released their first comprehensive report entailing abuses and war crimes in Syria in past decade and condemned involvement of Russia.   Moscow has been a direct participator in deadly and indiscriminate bombings that killed thousands of Syrians, openly supported Assad’s use of torture as a means of crackdown and its accountability in war crimes.   The 198 page report titled “A Devastating Decade: Violations of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in the Syrian War” is the first report authored by Russian human rights groups and is based on interviews with Syrian war survivors currently in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Russia.   The report reads, “Russian state media does not report on the victims of bombardme...

    A special of Myanmar to the UN has accepted that the harsh stance to be taken might not be agreed with everyone after all.   As the first measure, a strict instruction has been sent to countries like Russia and China to stop sale of arms and ammunitions to the junta. The military has stripped the country of any semblance of peace and democracy killed since February 01, when it called in for military rule and put the whole parliament under house arrest.  According to Dr. Sasa, it is high time that we had “immediately international targeted, coordinated, tougher sanctions, both economically and diplomatically.” The strongest message possible has to communicate that crime against humanity is not to be tolerated, added by Dr. Sasa in a statement ahead of the UN Security Council virtual meeting. Countries around the world have condemned the violence, while the U.S. and Europe have sanctioned individuals or companies related to the military. Further, the military...

  Here’s something interesting about what I read today, a recently emphatic homegrown dissent development which was embodied by Alexei Navalny and an intense financial standpoint is where Putin shows up uncommonly helpless and overstretched. Subsequently, for now, Moscow has gone from being the premier worldwide inciter of contentions to enthusiastically extinguishing flames and quieting things down and not least in the Center East, where Putin is tired of Tehran's warmongering and interminable incitements.   Let’s take a look at the russian pre-greatness in Syria and the district is positively not our optimal situation, given the ramifications for administration, opportunities and common freedoms. Notwithstanding, given the overall danger from Tehran, Hezbollah, Daesh, Al-Qaeda and a thousand and on.

  I want to share something surprising as it appears to be the responses for the US will come through multilateralism supplanting its influential position, which the world has become acclimated to. The previous many years have seen to and for moves in the US' approach, from being excessively solid to full withdrawal. It appears to be the current organization will endeavor, through commitment with partners and China the same, to bring a more reliable and stable way to deal with the Middle East.   I likewise keep thinking about whether this methodology won't be perused as an American acknowledgment of China's ascent to world authority and a craving to go with it, along these lines that the UK went with the US on its ascent in the only remaining century. Such a perusing by territorial forces in the Indo-Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Europe would quicken more grounded neighborhood commitment with China and Russia to fill the vacuum left by the US.