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On Wednesday, the US Special Deputy Envoy to Syria, David Brownstein, discussed with officials of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) about the latter’s participation in the political process and ways of a political solution in Syria. The Foreign Relations website reported …
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April, 2021
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18 April
Syrian Regime Soldiers Killed in Attacks In Daraa, Idleb
Two Syrian regime troops were killed in an attack on Wednesday in the restive southern province of Daraa, while others were reportedly killed in an ambush by opposition forces in the Idleb province in northwestern Syria. Syrian media activist Mohammed al-Horani told The New Arab’s Arabic-language service that unknown assailants …
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18 April
Iranian Militias Continue to Acquire Ghouta’s Real Estate
Sources of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said, from inside eastern Ghouta in the countryside of the capital, Damascus, that merchants who hail from the city of al-Mayadin in Deir-ez-Zor, who are directly affiliated with the local Abbas Brigade militia, loyal to the Iranian forces, and working under …
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18 April
Pentagon Says Any Terrorist Attack On US Military Drawdown In Afghanistan To Be Met Forcefully
The United States is well aware of Taliban threats to the U.S. military drawdown, which are scheduled to begin May 1 and be completed by Sept. 11, 2021, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby told the media Friday at the Pentagon. “We’ve seen their threats, and it would be imprudent …
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18 April
War And Peace At Stake At Likely US-Russia Summit – Analysis
US-Russia relations are at rock bottom. Name-calling over recent weeks, combined with events around eastern Ukraine, required a sudden gesture by US President Joe Biden to call his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss a potential summit and a host of other bilateral security issues. The Biden administration, …
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18 April
India And France Enhancing Strategic Cooperation In Indian Ocean Region – OpEd
Quite recently, on 30th March 2021 two ships of the French Navy ‘assault helicopter carrier-Tonnerre’ and ‘frigate Surcouf’ reached Kochi (a port city on the South-West coast of India) to participate in the three-day joint naval exercise ‘La Pérouse’. Though the exercise was led by France, four other members of …
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18 April
Iran Opens Pandora’s Box With Attacks Against Rivals In Iraq – OpEd
A drone attack on Irbil airport in northern Iraq, where US forces are stationed, and a rocket attack on a military compound in the nearby town of Bashiqa, where Turkish troops are deployed, took place on Wednesday. The latter resulted in the death of a Turkish soldier and injured a …
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18 April
America’s Neoliberal Financialization Policy Vs. China’s Industrial Socialism – OpEd
Nearly half a millennium ago Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince described three options for how a conquering power might treat states that it defeated in war but that “have been accustomed to live under their own laws and in freedom: … the first is to ruin them, the next is to …
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18 April
Dahlan Plays The Long Game – OpEd
The forthcoming Palestinian elections have generated a good deal of speculation. Among the many players, one rather enigmatic figure is Mohammed Dahlan. Long believed to harbor the ambition of succeeding Mahmoud Abbas as president of the Palestinian Authority, he is currently facing a political dilemma. “Dahlan is a convicted criminal,” …
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18 April
Israel targets Hamas sites after rocket attack
The Israeli military said its warplanes struck a Hamas weapons manufacturing site, a tunnel and a military post. Israeli warplanes struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early on Friday in what the Israel Defense Forces said came in retaliation for a rocket fired at southern Israel several hours before. …
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