Moscow looks to expand role in Mideast peace process - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Samuel Ramani

Samuel Ramani

May 24, 2021

ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AFP via Getty Images — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) welcomes Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki before a meeting in Moscow on May 5, 2021. — ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AFP via Getty Images

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) welcomes representatives of Palestinian political parties and movements and other officials during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin - RTSVQQG

Moscow offers stage for Palestinian talks

Vasily Kuznetsov

Vasily Kuznetsov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov talks during a meeting with representatives of Palestinian groups and movements as a part of an intra-Palestinian talks in Moscow, Russia February 12, 2019. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS - RC1508E52650

Moscow keeps calm with Palestinian reconciliation, undermines Trump's 'deal of the century'

Marianna Belenkaya

Marianna Belenkaya

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gestures as he meets with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi, in Amman, Jordan April 7, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC1C415C6930

Intel: Why Russia is teaming up with China against US peace plan

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Yahya al-Sinwar (C), Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, shakes hands with a masked fighter of Hamas' Qassam Brigades during a rally marking the 35th anniversary of the group's foundation, in Gaza City on December 14, 2022. Hamas will end talks on securing a prisoner exchange with Israel unless there is progress soon, the militant group's leader in the Gaza Strip said on December 14. Since Israel's 2014 invasion of the Gaza Strip, the Islamist group has held the bodies of Israeli so

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With its ally Haniyeh gone, how will Turkey approach Sinwar-led Hamas?

Barin Kayaoglu

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