The casualties were reported just one day after Damascus said five soldiers were wounded in another attack Two civilians were killed in an Israeli air raid targeting Syria’s capital, state media reported, noting that missiles also struck the country’s southern region. The assault came amid a flurry of similar strikes in recent days, which left…

There was no other way to make debt and foreign trade settlements, according to the regulator The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) explained on Friday why half of the country’s foreign currency reserves were being held abroad, which enabled their seizure by Western governments.

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