by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 20, 2022 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran held talks yesterday in Tehran at the 7th Astana summit for peace in Syria, stressing the need for respecting Syria’s national sovereignty and …
Read More »Moscow Ends All Operation of the Jewish Agency in Russia
By Al Mayadeen English, Source: The Jerusalem Post, 5 Jul 15:57 Russia instructs the Jewish Agency to halt all operations amidst mounting anger towards “Israel”, its stance towards Ukraine and its aggressions in Syria. The Jewish Agency has been instructed by the Russian government to stop all operations inside the …
Read More »Sanctions on Syria Aren’t Punishing Assad. They’re Hurting Syrians
by Natalie Armbruster, published on Reason, June 17, 2022 We disagree with Ms Armbruster’s take on the context of the Syria War and we certainly don’t think that the U.S. will get bored at some point and take over reconstruction of Syria. However, she makes a strong and credible argument …
Read More »Syrians Live in Turkey Without Dignity or Rights
by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, June 14, 2022 Suleyman Soylu, Turkish Interior Minister, announced on Saturday new measures affecting Syrians living in Turkey. Firstly, Ankara has banned all Syrians from visiting their relatives in Syria during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which will take place in …
Read More »Moscow Reaffirms Support for Damascus
from The Cradle, May 27, 2022 For the first time since the start of the war in Syria, Russian forces carried out airstrikes against positions held by Turkish-backed armed groups on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early hours of 27 May. According to local reports, the Russian Air Force attacked …
Read More »Syrian Permanent Representative to the UN Calls Out Western Critics Russia’s Special Operation in Ukraine
Remarks of the Syrian permanent representative to the UN, following the 2-hour Russian presentation at the UN Security Council on May 6, 2022, concerning Ukrainian war crimes during the current crisis. The Russians presented numerous commentaries from civilians in Eastern Ukraine and Journalists working there. Most of the representatives …
Read More »Russia may hit back at KSA for Volgogard attacks
Jan 13, 2014, Finian Cunningham Russian intelligence has now reportedly obtained solid proof that Saudi Arabia was directly involved in the twin terror attacks on the city of Volgograd. The attacks killed more than 32 people and injured over 100 others. Most of the victims were civilians. According to an …
Read More »The Saudi Bull in Arab China Shop. The Saudi-Israeli Marriage of Convenience against Syria and Iran
Jan 8, 2014, Global Research Obsessed with the “Iran threat,” which leads to its warmongering in Syria, Saudi Arabia is acting like a bull in a china shop, wreaking regional havoc in an already Arab fragile political environment and creating what George Joffe’ of Cambridge University’s Centre of International Studies, …
Read More »Russian diplomatic activity prevents foreign invasion of Syria – poll
Oct 24, 2013, Interfax Russian citizens are aware of the Russian-U.S. agreements concerning Syria, which are supported by UN resolutions, and think the deal has helped prevent a military operation against Syria, sociologists from the Russian Opinion Study Center (VTsIOM) said. Some 68% of the respondents showed an interest in …
Read More »François Hollande’s Missteps
Oct 14, 2013, Counter Punch In modern times, France has done far better diplomatically when it has advocated against impetuous military involvement in the internal affairs of other countries. French standing in international politics has been highest when its government was cautious about its military involvement, when it adopted the …
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