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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a press conference with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (out of frame), at the Los Pinos Residence in Mexico City, on September 14, 2017. (AFP/ Alfredo ESTRELLA)
September 16, 2017, 5:14 am
In New York, Netanyahu says Israel will not tolerate Iranians on northern border
Prime minister indicates main message of upcoming UN speech will focus on Tehran's efforts to establish base in Syria
By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff
UN peacekeepers monitor the Syrian side of the Golan Heights in July 2012 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
September 15, 2017, 5:58 am
Israeli official denies Moscow rebuffed plea to keep Iran away from border
Israel 'satisfied' with outcome of Netanyahu-Putin meeting, where the two leaders discussed Iran-backed militias operating in Syria, senior official says
By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff
An IDF vehicle drives along the road parallel to the border fence separating the Israeli and Syrian regions of the Golan Heights, July 19, 2017. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
September 14, 2017, 8:14 pm
Russia said to reject Israeli plea to keep Iranians 60 km. from Golan frontier
Putin reportedly agrees only that Iranian- and Iranian-backed fighters will stay 5 kilometers away
By TOI staff
A young girl bowling in Jerusalem on Saturday 12. 2006. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 8, 2017, 4:05 pm
Strikes and gutters
Sometimes you strike Assad, and send a message to the Russian bear, and sometimes the bear-sized meals you ordered eat you. The Hebrew press has both on Friday
By Joshua Davidovich
A poster bearing an image of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) and Hassan Nasrallah, head of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, is seen in Damascus on September 7, 2017. (AFP/LOUAI BESHARA)
September 7, 2017, 6:07 pm
With alleged airstrike, Israel punctuates opposition to Syria ceasefire pact
Bombing of Syrian precision missile, chemical weapons facility sends clear message to world: We'll take action when necessary, no matter what
By Judah Ari Gross
US President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Hamburg. (AP/Evan Vucci)
September 5, 2017, 6:04 pm
Amid US-Russia diplomatic row, Putin says Trump ‘not my bride’
Asked about US decision to shutter Russian consulates, Russia's president mocks Americans' 'low level of political culture'
By AP
Eliezer Zandberg, right, along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem in 2013. GPO)
September 5, 2017, 3:33 pm
20,000 suspects under the sea
The latest submarine scandal depth charge puts the focus on a minister other than Netanyahu, and Hezbollah tensions resurface
By Joshua Davidovich
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries on the sidelines of the 2017 BRICS Summit in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian Province, September 5, 2017. (AFP/POOL/WU HONG)
September 5, 2017, 12:24 pm
Putin calls for talks with N. Korea, slams ‘military hysteria’
Russian leader says more sanctions on rogue state over nuclear test would be 'useless'
By Agencies
File: A Spanish UNIFIL peacekeeper drives an armored vehicle in the Lebanese town of Adaisseh, near the border with Israel, on January 19, 2015. (AFP/Mahmoud Zayyat)
September 5, 2017, 8:36 am
Russia threatened to veto UNIFIL mandate if Hezbollah mentioned — report
Moscow said to refuse to back renewal of UN peacekeeper force mandate in Lebanon until text removed references to terror group's violations
By Sue Surkes
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province, China, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017.(MENA via AP)
September 4, 2017, 7:39 pm
Egypt finalizes deal with Russia for first nuclear plant
President Sissi invites Putin to attend event marking start of facility's construction
By AP
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony marking the 95th anniversary of Victory Day, commemorating a decisive battle in the Turkish War of Independence, at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara on August 30, 2017. (AFP/ADEM ALTAN)
September 3, 2017, 6:47 am
Turkey eyes deal for Russian air defense system, irking West
Experts skeptical Ankara will end up inking purchase of S-400 batteries, but say the message of dissatisfaction with NATO is what's important
By Stuart Williams
Two members of Iranian Revolutionary Guard stand next to a representation of Israeli flag prepared to set on fire during the funeral ceremony of a Revolutionary Guard Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali Allahdadi outside the Guard compound in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, January 21, 2015. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
September 3, 2017, 6:21 am
Iranians at the gates
With Russia happy to see Assad bolstered and the US uninterested, Tehran is free to pump cash, troops and missiles into areas bordering Israel, which Jerusalem will not abide
By Avi Issacharoff
This Thursday, August 10, 2017, photo shows the Consulate-General of Russia in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
September 2, 2017, 4:09 am
Smoke pours from Russian consulate chimney in San Francisco
Washington ordered shutdown of facility and two others earlier this week amid diplomatic row with Moscow
By AFP
This photo taken on December 29, 2016 shows people walking past the Consulate-General of Russia in San Francisco, California. (AFP PHOTO / Josh Edelson)
September 2, 2017, 12:33 am
US-Russia ties battered by new row over diplomats
Moscow official says FBI planning to conduct search in San Francisco consulate on Saturday
By Max Delany
In this Dec. 16, 2016 file photo, attorney Michael Cohen arrives in Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
August 30, 2017, 5:05 pm
Kremlin confirms Trump’s lawyer reached out about deal
Vladimir Putin's spokesman says Michael Cohen sought help with a business project in Russia
By AP
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