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Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) meets Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) in Riyadh, March 5. (AFP)

The Arab Gulf's new perception of Russia

Khattar Abou Diab

Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, April 4. (AFP)

Support from Trump and Putin boosts Netanyahu’s chances in Israeli elections

Mamoon Alabbasi

Israel

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia February 27, 2019. (Reuters)

Netanyahu discusses Iran with Putin in Moscow

Netanyahu

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, last July. (AP)

Netanyahu resets relations with Moscow on Syria

Geoffrey Aronson

Israel

Retired Israeli military chief Benny Gantz (L) smiles with Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, as they launch a joint list for the upcoming Israeli elections in Tel Aviv, February 21. (AP)

New alliances in Israel throw electoral race wide open

Manuel Langendorf

Russia

A general view at the trilateral summit on Syria in Sochi, February 14. (DPA)

Russian cold shoulder towards Turkey in Sochi

Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks as Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens during their joint news conference following talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP)

Russia hosts Turkey, Iran for Syria talks in Sochi

Omar al-Bashir

In this Nov. 23, 2017 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir shake hands during their meeting in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi. (AP)

Moscow says Russian contractors are training the army in Sudan

Syria

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini gives a joint press conference during a Foreign Affairs Ministerial meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on January 21, 2019. (AFP)

EU slaps sanctions on Syrians, Russians over CW attacks