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Russia’s quest to make itself indispensable in the Middle East
Posted By Oved Lobel on September 16, 2020 @ 15:03
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[1] abortive US attempts: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-russia-say-they-have-reached-syria-cease-fire-deal-1473461383
[2] host a summit: https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/russia-offers-host-abbas-netanyahu-meeting
[3] picked up dramatically: https://aijac.org.au/featured/russia-intrudes-into-the-palestinian-arena/
[4] new multilateral format: https://ria.ru/20180212/1514427655.html
[5] meeting directly: https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/08/07/palestinian-islamic-jihad-leaders-meet-with-russian-officials-in-moscow-drawing-israeli-concern/
[6] considered: https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5bd475b69a79475fd8ef9cec
[7] intra-Palestinian summit: https://www.newsru.com/russia/15jul2019/hamasmoscow.html
[8] intended: https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/1591311/palestinian-differences-scuttle-moscow-declaration
[9] phone call: https://www.mid.ru/web/guest/maps/ps/-/asset_publisher/2L933xL2DJGI/content/id/4203438
[10] joint videoconference: https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-rival-palestinian-factions-to-oppose-west-bank-annexation-in-joint-press-conference-1.8964032
[11] daily: https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4294568
[12] culminating: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1729626/middle-east
[13] pan-Palestinian summit: https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4329098
[14] stated: https://lenta.ru/news/2019/07/17/hamas/
[15] said: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1683961/middle-east
[16] investigative report: https://novayagazeta.ru/news/2019/02/04/148914-rassledovanie-za-poslednie-2-goda-biznes-dzhet-evgeniya-prigozhina-ezhemesyachno-letal-v-afriku-i-na-blizhniy-vostok
[17] claims: https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-46600678
[18] mostly failed: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-to-read-lebanons-acceptance-of-russian-military-aid
[19] military agreement: http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201802060002
[20] closer politically: https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2019/Mar-26/479704-aoun-moscow-visit-new-stage-in-lebanese-russian-relations.ashx
[21] more active: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/04/lebanon-amercian-russia-influence-energy-sectors.html
[22] subsequent resignation: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/lebanon-pm-hassan-diab-resigns-anger-beirut-blast-200810135202076.html
[23] consult: https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4286080
[24] conversation: https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4291319
[25] Druze powerbroker: https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4293584
[26] Free Patriotic Movement’s: https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4302331
[27] met: https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4293559
[28] designated: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/world/middleeast/lebanon-prime-minister-mustafa-adib.html
[29] increasingly: https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4335972
[30] partnership: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/63882
[31] lead role: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/full-france-draft-proposal-lebanon-government-200903101156402.html