Tag Archives: Russia

by Viktor Mikhin, published on New Eastern Outlook, March 27, 2023 The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which took place in Moscow, were a great success.  The Russian leader emphasized that substantial progress in the Syrian Arab Republic’s battle against international terrorism has been made …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, March 14, 2023 Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Ayman Sousan stated that Syria’s participation in a possible meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Turkiye, Syria, Iran, and Russia is still “under discussion.” Al-Mayadeen reports that Sousan made the comments in an exclusive statement …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, January 20, 2023 Many Syrians may have left as refugees, but the country seems very crowded.  The US-NATO attack on Syria for regime change began in 2011 and brought in outside actors: Iran, Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the US. The foreign …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 12, 2023 On 12 January, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with the special envoy of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss Moscow’s proposal to establish bilateral talks between Damascus and Ankara; however, Assad remarked that any talks between the two states …

from the NewsDesk at The Cradle, January 3, 2023 Abu Mohammed al-Julani, the chief of the Idlib-based extremist group in northern Syria, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – formerly known as the Al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front – made a video statement on 2 January rejecting the prospect of Russian-mediated talks between …

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on  Indian Punchline, December 31, 2022 The curtain is coming down on the brutal 11-year old Syrian conflict, which former US President and Nobel Laureate Barack Obama initiated, as the Arab Spring swept through West Asia two decades ago. The United States has suffered yet another …

from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, December 30, 2022 Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told media on 29 December that Ankara is willing to withdraw from the territory it occupies in northern Syria and hand it over to Damascus in the event that “political stability” is reached. Cavusoglu’s comments came …

by M. K. Bhadrakumar, published on The Cradle, November 28, 2022 The series of airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northern Syria by Turkish jets in the past week come amid heightened concerns over Ankara’s threat to launch a ground operation. Such actions are not without precedent, yet have thus far achieved little …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 10, 2022 The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Russian warplanes shelled positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, on November 6 in Idlib province.  Some of the terrorists killed were: Abdul Minam Muhati, Radwan Hussain Muhayer, Abu …

News Desk at The Cradle, October 8, 2022 US military forces occupying Syria looted a new batch of oil on 7 October from the country’s Jazira region, local media reported. According to local sources in the Al-Yarubiyah countryside, “a convoy of 50 tankers belonging to the American occupation, loaded with …