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Iranian officials have not been eager to speculate on what a Joe Biden US presidency means for their country. Despite US President-elect Joe Biden’s team expressing interest in rejoining the Iran nuclear deal, Iranian officials are not eager to discuss the idea.
Read More »Syrian Kurdish commander sees chance to ease tensions with Turkey under Biden
In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, Mazlum Kobane said the former vice president’s victory may well spell change in Ankara’s behavior. The victory of former Vice President Joe Biden in the US presidential election has raised expectations of renewed and constructive US engagement across the world. Such expectations are acutely …
Read More »Is Iran Reproducing Lebanon Example in Syria?
While the regime talks about the return of the displaced to southern Damascus, it continues to complicate matters. The regime requires that the ownership of the house be proven with a document (called the green tabu), in addition to the fact that the house should be intact and the person …
Read More »Syrian Kurdish Official: Intra-Kurdish Talks Have Achieved Progress, Will Resume Soon
On Sunday, Muhammad Ismail, an official in the Kurdish National Council in Syria (ENKS, a coalition of Syrian Kurdish political parties allied with the opposition Syrian National Coalition), said that they accomplished major progress towards a unified Kurdish political position, and some administrative points during the negotiations with the PYD-led …
Read More »Iran offers Arab states 'mafia deal' of security or punishment after Trump
Iran has sought to reach out to its Arab neighbors, with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif warning them that US President Donald Trump will be leaving in 70 days, but Iran’s regime will remain “forever.” He urged them to realize that “betting on outsiders to provide security is never a …
Read More »How the IRGC overtook Iran’s Intelligence Ministry
Since 2009, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has completely eclipsed Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, a new report from the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center says. In recent years, the IRGC’s seizure of power not only in a range of new political and economic areas, but …
Read More »Trump's Iran czar: Talks with Tehran inevitable whoever is president
Sanctions will remain even under US President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, according to Elliott Abrams. “It does not really matter who is president on January 20 in the sense that there was going to be a negotiation with Iran anyway,” Elliott Abrams, the US special representative for Iran and Venezuela, said …
Read More »Khaled Mishaal calls on Turkey to double its efforts in Palestinian cause
Khaled Mishaal, former head of the political bureau of Hamas Movement, praised on Saturday Turkey’s role in supporting the Palestinian cause. He called on it to redouble efforts at the official and local levels to support all the occupied Palestinian territories in general, and Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip in …
Read More »Putin announces elimination of terrorist hotbed in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a terrorist hotbed in Syria had been eliminated, when speaking in a videoconference with his Syrian peer, Bashar Al Assad, the Kremlin announced on Monday.
Read More »SDF units sneak into Turkish-backed factions’ position in Abu Rasin, killing over ten militiamen and blowing up military headquarters
Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that units of SDF special forces sneaked into a position of Turkish-backed factions in Al-Dayri farm and blew up their headquarters, during a meet comprised nearly 20 militiamen. The infiltration operation resulted in the death of more than five militiamen and injury of …
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