Russia

Russia-Ukraine war

Russia ties Black Sea grain deal with Ukraine to halt in oil refinery strikes

Turkey seeks a Black Sea shipping deal, but Ukrainian officials say Russia 'always asks for more'
Syria after Assad
No peace with Israel 'if rights of Syrians are usurped', Sharaa says
Islamophobia
Europe's most powerful party is stoking a Muslim scare
Farid Hafez
Sahel
Exclusive: Mali’s Tuareg separatists seek Turkey talks, reveal Russian contact
Israel's genocide in Gaza
EU foreign policy chief says Israeli settlements should be treated like Russian-occupied Crimea
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Miliband has decisively broken with decades of UK inaction on Palestine
Chris Doyle
War on Iran
The UAE, like the US and Israel, is normalising a permanent state of war in the Middle East
David Hearst
Energy
Turkey replaces Russian oil and diesel imports from US as wars reverberate
War on Iran
How China eased pressure on oil markets by halting purchases and relying on reserves
Politics
Mecca agreement: Why Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan teamed up
War on Iran
How Iran and Ukraine are strategically sinking their rivals at sea
Omar Ashour
Arms Trade
North Korea’s enigmatic role in the Middle East arms market
Inside Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia engaging with Moscow to stabilise oil prices
Inside Iran
What Iran's purchase of Russia's Sukhoi Su-35 jets could mean for the region
World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: Will the US face the same kind of scorn as Qatar?
David Hearst
Russia-Ukraine war
How the US paved the way to Russia's war with Ukraine
Jonathan Cook
Syria War
UN renews Syria cross-border aid for six months
Energy
Turkey boosts energy ambitions with Bulgaria gas import deal
Russia-Ukraine war
Lindsey Graham blasts Israel's new government for vowing to ‘stay quiet’ on Ukraine war
Russia-Ukraine war
Could the Russia-Ukraine war become the world's first 'super-combat'?
Murat Aslan
Media
Middle East Eye's picks of the year 2022
Russia-Ukraine war
The Russia-Ukraine war is a conflict of huge miscalculations
Marco Carnelos
Arms Trade
What's the nature and extent of Iran-Russia defence cooperation?