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October 20, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, John Hardie

Iran’s Ballistic Missile Gift to Russia—And Vice Versa

Iran's missile transfers to Russia could make its missile program a more potent threat to U.S. forces, Israel, and other targets in the Middle East.

September 10, 2024 | |

Blinken Confirms Iranian Ballistic Missile Transfers to Russia

Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on September 10 that the Islamic Republic of Iran is supplying Russia with Fath-360 close-range ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine....

August 12, 2024 | |

Iran Reportedly Will Send Hundreds of Ballistic Missiles to Russia

Iran will imminently deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia for its war against Ukraine, Reuters reported on August 9, citing two European intelligence sources. Dozens...

August 9, 2024 | John Hardie |

Ukraine’s bold—and risky—gamble in Kursk

Now on its fourth day, Ukraine’s surprise offensive in Russia’s Kursk region is a daring gambit likely intended to divert Russian forces and snatch back the war’s momentum. But it also comes with...

January 18, 2024 | John Hardie |

Russian Munitions Production Higher But Still Insufficient

In an interview published on January 15, Major General Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate, or GUR, provided assessments of Russia’s production rate...

June 21, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Putin’s to-do list

What would happen if he were to prevail in Ukraine?

May 25, 2010 | NOW Lebanon |

Moscow’s Opportunism in The Middle East

After a deliberately much-trumpeted visit by its president to Syria last week, Russia has been heralded, for the umpteenth time in recent years, as making a Middle Eastern comeback through Damasc...

September 12, 2008 | Tony Badran |

From Russia with, Well … Not Much

Following Syrian President Bashar Assad's recent visit to Russia, and on the heels of the Russian military assault in Georgia, there was a flurry of commentary by regime-sanc...

August 22, 2008 | Tony Badran Across The Bay |

Russian Weapons to Hezbollah?

You all read the news by now that Syria's dictator went to acquire certain types of weapons from the Russians, such as the Pantsyr-S1 air defense missile systems and the BUK-M1 surface-to-ai...

May 31, 2006 | MERIA Journal |

Putin and Russia’s Middle Eastern Policy

Auhtored by Ilya Bourtman Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently pursuing a two track policy towards the Middle East, allowing Russia to develop friendly ties with Israel...