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Russia's Lavrov on Iran:

No one wants any new escalation.

Everyone understands that this is playing with fire.

Iran was never once caught violating the NPT. pic.twitter.com/RUTH3yVYSw

— Clash Report (@clashreport) February 19, 2026

Russia's Lavrov on Syria:

They see our presence as a stabilizing factor.

Our presence helps balance the influence of other players.

Our bases can become primary sites for channeling humanitarian aid. pic.twitter.com/45EwgwnmlY

— Clash Report (@clashreport) February 19, 2026

Russia's Lavrov on Europe:

We do not look for wars, we do not want wars.

We are condemned to live together with Europe.

But if they want war, then the war will be waged in another way and in other ways. pic.twitter.com/S6bZdBT7Cf

— Clash Report (@clashreport) February 19, 2026

Gbadebo19:
Another foolish individual who doesn't understand reality. Take it or leave it, 90% of rape cases in Nigeria are consensual sex gone wrong. I just want to believe you are not a man cos no reasonable man would write this. I understand the women, they are more emotionally inclined rather than factually inclined.

Stoplying:
And imagine, this is the kind of person who will end up becoming a Nigerian judge 😅
Definitely I won't be surprised to see women sentenced to life imprisonment....for being raped.

WriteerNg:
⚡The U.S. is withdrawing all ~1,000 troops from Syria, ending its 10-year military mission there.

Troops have already left key bases, and the full pullout should be completed within two months.

Officials say the move is not related to tensions with Iran.

The Trump administration believes a U.S. military presence is no longer necessary after SDF/YPG largely disbanded and agreed to integrate into Syria’s army under President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

In a perfect world, all of these problems and more would be solved by diplomats and strongly worded resolutions. But we do not live in a perfect world, and we cannot continue to allow those who blatantly and openly threaten our citizens and endanger our global stability to shield themselves behind abstractions of international law which they themselves routinely violate.

This is the path that President Trump and the United States has embarked upon. It is the path we ask you here in Europe to join us on. It is a path we have walked together before and hope to walk together again. For five centuries, before the end of the Second World War, the West had been expanding – its missionaries, its pilgrims, its soldiers, its explorers pouring out from its shores to cross oceans, settle new continents, build vast empires extending out across the globe.

But in 1945, for the first time since the age of Columbus, it was contracting. Europe was in ruins. Half of it lived behind an Iron Curtain and the rest looked like it would soon follow. The great Western empires had entered into terminal decline, accelerated by godless communist revolutions and by anti-colonial uprisings that would transform the world and drape the red hammer and sickle across vast swaths of the map in the years to come.

Against that backdrop, then, as now, many came to believe that the West’s age of dominance had come to an end and that our future was destined to be a faint and feeble echo of our past. But together, our predecessors recognized that decline was a choice, and it was a choice they refused to make. This is what we did together once before, and this is what President Trump and the United States want to do again now, together with you.

Mikasaobi:
War is coming so this is a naive thought, to each his own.

emmaodet:
The last one is this -

If iran falls, i don't have a doubt in my mind the remaining axis will fall because China, Russia are the main and big guys in the axis after that comes iran in number 3 spot.
I will rather sacrifice syria, venezuela, cuba, yemen than sacrificing Iran.
Iran has the military tech-know-how like drones, missiles and scientists that shouldn't fall in the hegemon's hands.
They have tentacles - Iran has a foot in lebanon in hez, Yemen in houthis and Hamas in Gaza. SO losing them means you are losing a whole lot of powers and projections from your shores as axis.
Losing Iran goes beyond just losing the oil, you are losing your number 3 country on the line. Why is your number 3 getting harrassed regularly? it doesn't speak when of the groupo
The hegemon has been using non-state actors to destabilize axis countries before taking over e.g syrai.
How come the axis can't support iran who controls Hez to fund and equip them to overun lebanon and rule the country thereby turning lebanon to pro-axis.
Support the houthis to overrun south yemen and make yemen totally pro-axis rather than the north area.
From there, the axis spreads and not contracting

Macron says France and India are deepening their “special global strategic partnership”, with major expansion in defense and industrial cooperation especially around 114 Rafale jets.

India confirmed it intends to order 114 additional Rafales, with “Make in India” co-production.… pic.twitter.com/SKgnNPVcBq

— Clash Report (@clashreport) February 19, 2026

jjj37:
Bro save your energy for better things and your brain the stress of overthinking, what will be will be.. Russian leadership is for now is seriously weak and the Chinese leaderships too is very timid and inferior in the face of western powers.. It's very unfortunate to have these clowns called super powers as allies.. If Iran wants to survive the current onslaught against it, it needs to plan alone, depend solely on itself and fight like a wounded lion.. one thing is that, Strenght understand strength, and even more so, strenght fears an unapologetic dangerous fighter.

ariesbull:
🚨 BREAKING: RUSSIAN WARSHIPS ARRIVE FOR MILITARY EXERCISES WITH IRAN 🇮🇷🇷🇺

Russia, Iran, and China have deployed naval vessels for joint exercises in the Strait of Hormuz region under the "Maritime Security Belt 2026" framework.

America is F*CKED.

aumeehn:
If Putin and Xi allow The West to Kill Khameni and Plunder Iran then I wholeheartedly support the west coming after them. Bunch of fake allies that only knows how to Condemn and issue communiques.
Writternig your Lord and Saviour Putin is a fake Friend after all the Shaheds and Drone Tech Transfer no Single SU jet and S400 deliveries just nonsense Naval Drills

Allthelight:
start a preemptive attack against the u.s lolz... What is the benefit of a preemptive attack?

Do they now have enough bombs, because they failed to do anything serious in Israel last year

🇷🇺🇲🇬 President for the Re-Foundation of the Republic of Madagascar Michael Randrianirina arrives at the Kremlin to take part in the bilateral talks with President of Russia Vladimir Putin.#RussiaMadagascar pic.twitter.com/hHwPLgWEuG

— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) February 19, 2026