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Russian FM: We Are Ready to Host Israeli-Palestinian Meeting and Act as Peace Mediate Share  Tweet  Email  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: Gowidenews/ Sergei Karpukhin. Russia would be ready to host a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian officials and act as a peace mediator, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. Lavrov was speaking to reporters during a two-day trip to Rome. “It is impossible to create stability in the Middle East, including in Libya and Iraq, without a solution to the oldest regional problem, the Palestinian problem,” Lavrov asserted. “We support the need for a resumption of direct talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians,” he added. “We confirm again our offer from several years ago to host a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Russia without any preconditions.” RELATED COVERAGE NOVEMBER 23, 2018 2:04 PM 0 Famous Paris Synagogue Joins Dramatic Visual Protest...

Iran says US bases in Middle East within reach of its missiles IRGC commander claims Tehran has managed to up accuracy, and can hit US troops in Qatar, UAE and Afghanistan 22 Nov 2018, 1:16 am     In this photo provided Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, by the Iranian Army, a Sayyad 2 missile is fired by the Talash air defense system during drills in an undisclosed location in Iran. (Iranian Army/ AP) A top Iranian general claimed US military personnel and assets in the Middle East are within range of his country’s missiles Wednesday, amid ongoing tensions between Tehran and Washington. Amirali Hajizadeh, the head of the air division for the hard-line Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, said improvements to Iran’s missile arsenal had put US bases in Qatar, the UAE and Afghanistan within reach, as well as US aircraft carriers stationed in the Persian Gulf, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency. “They are within our reach and we can hit them if the [Americans] make ...

'Iran trying to ignite war from Gaza' UN's Middle East envoy hints that Iran aspires to violate the terms of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.   22/11/18 02:36 Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, hinted on Wednesday that Iran aspires to violate the terms of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. “There are forces out there that want to push us all into the abyss of a confrontation,” he said at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in Jerusalem. Asked about Iran's influence in Gaza, Mladenov replied, "Since the very first day that the Egyptians first brokered the intra-Palestinian reconciliation agreement in 2017, someone out there has been trying to disrupt it.” "I hope that together we will succeed in overcoming these forces. No one wants a war in Gaza now. It is going to be really damaging for everyone,” Mladenov said. Mladenov, alongside Egypt, has been seeking a long...