Middle Orient

Les leaders arabes approuvent le plan de reconstruction de Gaza à 53 milliards de dollars sans déplacement des Palestiniens

Le plan égyptien appelle l’Autorité palestinienne à gérer Gaza tout en rejetant le projet de nettoyage ethnique de la bande de Gaza du président Trump. Un sommet arabe réuni au Caire le 4 mars a adopté un plan égyptien pour la reconstruction de Gaza afin de contrer la proposition du …

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Will the Arab Reconstruction Plan Overcome Its Implementation Challenges?

Work is underway on a reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip in coordination between Egypt and various Arab countries, and its details are supposed to be presented at the Arab Summit in Cairo, where the Arab countries moved to respond quickly to US President Donald Trump’s proposals regarding the displacement …

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In Syria, Moving Forward Means Looking Back

How Reparations for Assad’s Victims Can Bring Stability to a Broken Country In the months since the militant opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stunned the world by bringing down the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad in early December 2024, Syria has faced many pressing concerns. The country is ravaged and war-torn. …

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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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