Middle Orient

Putin Spokesman Confirms Russian Offer to Mediate Between U.S. and Iran Over Iranian Nuclear Program

Latest Developments ‘U.S. and Iran Should Solve All Problems Through Negotiations’: A top spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime confirmed on March 4 that Moscow was willing to mediate between the United States and Iran over the ongoing Iranian nuclear program. “Russia believes that the United States and Iran …

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Öcalan Calls For Peace, But Turkey Continues Its Attacks On Syrian Kurds

Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called for a ceasefire and an eventual end to the armed struggle.[1] Mazloum Abdi, the General Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), welcomed Öcalan’s appeal, viewing it as a crucial opportunity for peace. Abdi stated that the …

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‘No Peace Without Palestinian State’: Arab League Endorses Egyptian Plan to Rebuild Gaza

Latest Developments Plan Calls for Palestinian State on 1967 Borders: Representatives from Arab League nations endorsed Egypt’s five-year plan to rebuild Gaza without resettling its residents during an emergency summit in Cairo on March 4. The plan includes three phases and will cost an estimated $53 billion. Egypt’s plan also …

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The Arab plan for Gaza sidelines Hamas and PA, but only for six months

The Arab peace plan for Gaza sidelines the strip’s rulers, Hamas, as well as the internationally recognized, inept and corrupt Palestinian Authority (PA), but only for six months, “in preparation for enabling the PA to fully return to the Gaza Strip.” In the interim, a “Gaza Administration Committee is being …

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Iran : le vice-président Mohammad Javad Zarif présente sa démission

L’ancien chef de la diplomatie iranienne et architecte de l’accord sur le nucléaire côté iranien, Mohammad Javad Zarif, conseiller du président Pezeshkian, a présenté sa démission du gouvernement qui n’a pas encore été acceptée, selon l’agence officielle Irna. «La lettre de démission de M. Zarif a été reçue par le …

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Can Syria Survive?

On February 25, Syria held a National Dialogue Conference, which is supposed to help the country come together after years of civil war and the toppling of the Assad regime. Syria’s new president, Ahmad Shara’a, spoke at the event and warned that Syria must not be partitioned. “Syrian history has …

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It’s Time for Syria’s Kurds to Fold

Kurdish autonomy is a problem that today’s Syria can’t afford. On a recent trip that I took across Syria, one thing was palpably clear: Syrians were universally elated to be free from the iron grip of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. For now, that euphoria is inspiring and sustaining a semblance of …

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President Trump’s Gaza ploy: Exercising leverage over Saudi Arabia?

President Donald Trump continues to double down on his out-of-left-field proposal to take over the Gaza Strip, remove the two million Palestinians who live there, and turn it into the world’s largest beach resort. During the press gaggle on Feb. 11, before his meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, whom …

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Why’s Israel Reportedly Lobbying The US To Keep Russia’s Bases In Syria?

Israel knows which way the wind is blowing and will therefore do whatever is needed to ensure that its interests are safeguarded by key players in the global systemic transition. Reuters cited unnamed sources to report that Israel is lobbying the US to keep Russia’s bases in Syria as part …

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Gaza Redux: With Operation ‘Iron Wall’, Israel brings carnage to the West Bank

In-depth: Since January, Operation Iron Wall has brought unprecedented, Gaza-style violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, paving the way for annexation From a Palestinian home illegally turned into a military base in Tulkarm, occupied West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared last week he had ordered his army …

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