Middle Orient

‘The system will assist the US Army in protecting American troops from ballistic & airborne threats, as well as from developing threats in the areas where US troops are deployed on various missions.’

Morocco has enjoyed bilateral benefits from Washington with US recognition of its sovereignty over Western Sahara. The cabinet approved Israel’s normalization agreement with Morocco in a unanimous vote on Sunday.

The UAE and Israel agreed to normalize relations in August, a deal forged largely over shared fears of Iran. The United Arab Emirates cabinet on Sunday approved the establishment of an embassy in Tel Aviv, state media said.

On January 13, the US Treasury Department in the final days of the Trump administration, sanctioned the Astan Quds Razavi Foundation and 15 other institutions, some of which are under the direct supervision of the regime’s Supreme Leader, to further its maximum pressure campaign.

SOHR sources say that joint forces of the National Defense militia, the Palestinian Al-Quds Brigade and the pro-Russian Fifth Corps, as well as regime forces, continue to comb areas in the Syrian desert, from Kabajib and al-Shoula west of Deir ez-Zor to al-Sukhna, as part of the security campaign that …

Members of the pro-Assad regime militia known as the National Defense Forces (NDF) attacked a checkpoint of the Kurdish-led security forces (Asayish) in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishlo. One militiaman was killed, one source said. The checkpoint is located in Qamishlo’s Hilko neighborhood.

Donald Trump will leave office today, but what has he left behind in and Syria and what will challenges will his predecessor face? The Trump administration inherited the Syrian file whilst it was going through its worst early days. In early 2017, when Trump took power, the Assad regime, backed …

Negotiations between the regime and the Syrian Democratic Forces have fallen apart, although a military confrontation is not anticipated reports Baladi News.

Greece has restarted an agreement to send any refugees who arrive on Greek lands back to Turkey reports North Press. Greece recently re-activated the EU-Turkey statement of Mar, 18, 2016, which provides for the deportation of any illegal migrant or refugee from its lands to Turkey.

Syria has been categorical in its denial of any meeting taking place between the Syrian government and an Israeli delegation writes SANA. Syria has categorically denied the untrue news, circulated by some hired media outlets about the convening of any Syrian-Israeli meetings, affirming that the forces that stand behind these …