What Russia Hopes to Gain From the Israel-Hamas Conflict
Hopes rise in the Kremlin that the Israel-Gaza war will divert attention away from Ukraine.
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Hopes rise in the Kremlin that the Israel-Gaza war will divert attention away from Ukraine.
What to know about Russia’s relationship with Hamas—and what Russia stands to gain from rising tensions in the Middle East.
Iran has positioned itself as the leader of the Palestinian cause in the Muslim world. But Iranians have shown little support for the Palestinian struggle for statehood and have criticized the authorities for backing militant groups fighting Israel.
Iranian activist Fatemeh Sepehri, an outspoken critic of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has again been transferred to Qaem Hospital in the northeastern city of Mashhad and admitted to the "critical care unit."
Ranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned at the United Nations on October 26 that, if Israel's retaliation against Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip doesn't end, then the United States will "not be spared from this fire."