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- Reopening of Jordan-Syria crossing signals regional powers move to restore ties with Damascus
The newly re-opened border crossing between Syria and Jordan will not only help to restore a key Middle East trade route but also move regional actors to restore relations with Damascus, experts told RT.World News - S-300s in, Patriots out: US to withdraw missiles from 3 Middle East countries – report
The Pentagon will remove four batteries of PAC-3 Patriot missiles from three Middle-Eastern countries, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report said the missiles are needed elsewhere to counter China and Russia.US News - LIVE UPDATES Rouhani slams US for ‘authoritarian’ foreign policy, calls on Trump to return to talks
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has accused the Trump administration of trying to undo all international institutions and slammed it for "illegally" withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, while calling on it to return to talks.World News - US plans to use fake chemical weapons attack to strike Syria – Russian MoD
The US may have plans to use a fake chemical attack in Syria to hit government forces with airstrikes, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. Washington is already building up strike capability in the Middle East, it said.World News - ‘Iran Action Group’ a new US tool of regime change, but Tehran’s resilience is ‘strong’ – researcher
The newly created Iran Action Group is just the latest US plot to topple the Iranian government, but Tehran has proven to be far more resilient than the hawks in Washington expected, a Middle East expert told RT.World News - Trump says discussed Middle East with Putin, made progress on conflicts
US President Donald Trump has said that he discussed the Middle East conflicts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and said he hoped that at some point Iran would call him and say “let’s make a deal”.US News
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