Mena Today

Russia said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would hold talks with top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Tuesday that will focus on ending the war in Ukraine and restoring broader Russia-U.S. ties.

The National Salvation Front in Syria (NSFS) has issued a strong condemnation of Hezbollah’s terrorist assaults on UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, calling for swift justice against those responsible.

Russia's sovereign wealth fund chief Kirill Dmitriev will meet a U.S. delegation in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to focus on strengthening ties and increased economic cooperation, a source in Riyadh told Reuters.

The head of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Sunday that Israeli troops must withdraw from Lebanese territory in full by a February 18 deadline, saying it had "no pretext" to maintain a military presence in any post in southern Lebanon.

The 38th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa has once again showcased the organization’s deep-seated hostility towards Israel, issuing a shamelessly biased and factually dishonest statement accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinians and calling for its international prosecution.

The Turkish Minister of Transportation announced that a 25-member Turkish team has begun work in Syria to renovate Damascus International Airport.

Saudi Arabia has voiced strong support for Lebanon's government as it faces Hezbollah-led unrest following the decision to ban Iranian civilian planes from landing at Beirut International Airport (AIB) due to Israeli threats.

The United States has asked its European allies what they would need from Washington to participate in Ukraine security arrangements, according to a document seen by Reuters.

Iraq's central bank will ban five more local banks from engaging in U.S. dollar transactions, a move that comes after meetings with U.S. Treasury officials in efforts to combat money laundering, dollar smuggling and other violations, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Sunday.

Algeria's foreign policy has increasingly become a source of concern for regional stability in the Maghreb and across Africa. 

Israel and the United States are both determined to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions and its "aggression" in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The Kremlin said on Sunday that the significance of the phone call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was that now Russia and the United States would speak about peace and not war.