Russia Slams Israeli Strike on Qatar, Warns of Middle East Escalation MOSCOW – Russia has strongly condemned Israel’s recent strike on Qatar, calling it a blatant violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry described the attack as an “encroachment on the sovereignty and […]
“This decision is a new stage in Israel’s goal of expanding its borders through occupation,” the foreign ministry said in a statement condemning the move. Israel’s government on Sunday approved a plan to double the population of the annexed Golan Heights, just days after its troops seized a UN-monitored buffer zone bordering Syria as rebel […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended the execution of a prominent dissident journalist based in France and captured by Iran last year, saying the death sentence passed on Ruhollah Zam was carried out lawfully. European countries “have the right to comment, but Zam was executed upon a court’s ruling,” Rouhani told a televised news conference, noting […]
