The system was brought back to Russia to strengthen its defence, according to al-Souria Net. An Israeli space intelligence firm said Russia had reshipped the advanced S-300 air defence system from Syria to Moscow as its invasion of Ukraine continued. On Saturday, ImageSat International published photos showing that the S-300 …

Nikolas Granger also met the Department of Foreign Relations of the AANES, according to North Press. US Senior Representative to Northeast Syria Nikolas Granger met on Wednesday with a delegation of the Kurdish National Council in Syria (ENKS). This came during his first visit to the region, where he met …

Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart affirmed the necessity to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria, according to SANA.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Tuesday that at least 154,398 Syrians arrested between March 2011 and August 2022 are still in detention or have been forcibly disappeared by the parties to the conflict and the controlling forces in their country, Anadolu has reported. That figure includes 5,161 …

Some companies have pulled out of the autonomous region following pressure from the federal government, which considers the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports unconstitutional. The head of the US mission in Erbil met with a Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) official today to discuss the ongoing oil dispute in Iraq. Consul General …

The Omani economy is benefiting from both higher oil and gas revenues and the country’s fiscal policies and discipline. Oman’s economy has enjoyed a strong first half to 2022 and the outlook for the rest of this year and 2023 is positive. The sultanate’s public finances have significantly improved compared …

Iranian news outlets are emphasizing the uncertainties facing the nuclear deal as the country’s top diplomat said more guarantees were still needed from the United States for the accord’s revival. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has demanded that Washington offer more robust guarantees for sanctions relief in negotiations over the …

How AI Distorts Decision-Making and Makes Dictators More Dangerous In policy circles, discussions about artificial intelligence invariably pit China against the United States in a race for technological supremacy. If the key resource is data, then China, with its billion-plus citizens and lax protections against state surveillance, seems destined to …

Seul chef d’État africain à avoir été invité aux Rencontres des entrepreneurs de France (REF), le président béninois a multiplié les échanges avec les patrons. Objectif : les convaincre d’investir dans son pays. Le 30 août, face au patronat français, le discours de Patrice Talon a visiblement fait mouche devant …

Découvertes en cascade de pétrole, renégociation des contrats gaziers et nouveau positionnement stratégique… Alger s’appuie sur ses ressources pour jouer un rôle-clé dans la nouvelle donne énergétique. Dans la région de Sbâa, à 6 km du centre de traitement de Hassi Illatou, dans la wilaya d’Adrar, c’est une nouvelle découverte …