March, 2022

• 19 March

  Don’t help Russia’s invasion, Biden tells China’s Xi in video call

  

  Face to face by video, President Joe Biden laid out to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday the stiff consequences the Chinese would face from the U.S. if they provide military or economic assistance for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There was no indication he got any assurance in return. In …

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• 19 March

  Russia Drafts up to 40,000 Syrians for Ukraine War: Monitor

  

  Russia has drawn up lists of 40,000 fighters from the Syrian army and allied militias to be put on standby for deployment in Ukraine, a war monitor said on Tuesday. The Kremlin said last week that volunteers, including those from Syria, were welcome to fight alongside the Russian army in …

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• 19 March

  In Warning to Ankara, Russia Resumes Raids in Idleb

  

  Russian warplanes resumed their raids against terrorists in the de-escalation zone funded by the Turkish regime after a hiatus that lasted about 5 weeks, in warning to the regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the consequences of miscalculations at such a time during the Russian military operations in …

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• 19 March

  Mass Graves Identified in Syria Could Hold Evidence of War Crimes

  

  The New York Times, in collaboration with a Syrian survivors NGO, published a detailed report on mass graves in Syria, predicting that the information in the report might be used as evidence on serious war crimes. Throughout Syria’s 11-year civil war, human rights groups and government defectors have documented the …

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• 19 March

  Vladimir Putin’s war to crush Ukraine is part of a long Kremlin tradition

  

  The Russian invasion of Ukraine is bringing back memories of earlier attempts by the Kremlin to extinguish Ukrainian statehood aspirations and crush the country. As Putin’s invasion force intensifies the destruction of Ukrainian towns and cities, the war offers alarming echoes of past Russian aggression towards Ukraine and provides the …

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• 19 March

  Russian War Report: Russia sends military contractors from Georgian breakaway region to Ukraine

  

  Russia sends military contractors from Georgian breakaway region to Ukraine On March 16, video footage circulated on social networks depicting the movement of military equipment in the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia. In a video compilation published by RFE/RL’s Echo of the Caucasus, military columns are seen leaving the …

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• 18 March

  Israel-Turkey rapprochement complicates Ukraine mediation efforts

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seem to be competing for a mediator role between Russia and Ukraine, but are they? Jerusalem has been cautious these past few days over Israel’s mediation efforts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, first …

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• 18 March

  Freeze and Build: A Strategic Approach to Syria Policy

  

  Introduction Late 2021 and early 2022 had presented some reason for possible optimism with regards to diplomatic moves aimed at tackling Syria’s long deadlocked political process. However, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed everything. Syria diplomacy as we know it is over and an unprecedented humanitarian crisis appears to be …

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• 18 March

  Putin Begins To Purge His Military And Intelligence Agencies For His Failure In Ukraine.

  

  Following Russia’s failure to invade Ukraine, reports have now surfaced that Russia’s Federal Security Agency (FSB) had been under scrutiny with news of its leaders being interrogated and detained. The news comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third week, with the Russians not being able to take Kyiv …

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• 18 March

  Saudi-based GCC to hold Yemen talks; rebels decline invite

  

  The Saudi-based Gulf Cooperation Council on Thursday invited warring sides in Yemen for talks aimed at ending the civil war in the Arab world’s most impoverished country, a conflict now in its eight year. However, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have already rejected Riyadh — the Saudi capital were the GCC …

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