Eurasia Press & News
The U.S.-brokered normalization of ties between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel marks a shift in Abu Dhabi’s strategic thinking that should not be underestimated. To be more precise, it reflects how the UAE perceives threats and opportunities in a volatile regional landscape that has buoyed its ascent in …
Read More »Is the Israel-UAE agreement a game changer for Israel?
In an Aug. 13 tweet, U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated the Israeli-Emirati accord to normalize relations as a “HUGE breakthrough.” Israel’s integration into the region has been a goal of U.S. and Israeli foreign policy for decades, and the mid-August announcement was the first major official step in that direction …
Read More »Trump, the CIA, and our disorienting Iranian policy ride
Understanding President Donald J. Trump’s position on Iran over the two remaining months until the November election is no feat for the fainthearted. The unfolding drama from American efforts to extend expiring United Nations sanctions against Iran by imposing the “snap back” feature of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action …
Read More »Turkey Refuses Russian Proposal To Withdraw From Observation Posts in Syria: Report
Turkish and Russian officials have met to discuss the Turkish presence in the province of Idleb and options to scale back their observation posts writes Al-Masdar.
Read More »US Apache Choppers Circle Russian Military Convoy in Northeastern Syria
A US helicopter has followed a Russian convoy along a road in Hassakeh, following a recent incident that left a number of US soldiers injured reports Al-Masdar.
Read More »Russian Jets Launch Biggest Attack in Months Over Northwestern Syria
Russia has launched a number of attacks against Idleb, their most comprehensive attack since March of this year reports Al-Masdar.
Read More »Terror Attack Kills 9 in Afrin
An explosion has spread terror in Afrin and killed nine people and injured, at least, a further 43 people reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
Read More »Assassinations of Settlement Deals Leaders, Regime Members in Daraa
Unknown gunmen carried out new assassinations in Daraa Governorate, targeting former military leaders in the Syrian opposition.
Read More »Assad Courts European Union, Gulf Countries
Russian newspaper Izvestia revealed that attempts were made by the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad, to approach Europe and the Arab Gulf, noting that “so far, he has not succeeded.”
Read More »Who’s Who: Prime Minister Hussein Arnous
In Brief Many Syrians were surprised when Bashar al-Assad appointed Hussein Arnous as prime minister after the dismissal of Imad Khamis, in what resembled a scandal, on Aug. 30, 2020. The Syrians knew nothing about Arnous, despite him being part of the Syrian bureaucratic system for nearly thirty years. People …
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