September, 2022

• 25 September

  Transition from Security to Political Dialogue Between Damascus and Ankara Not Far

  

  While Russia announced its readiness to “create the atmosphere” for a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries, Western diplomatic sources in Ankara said that the security negotiations currently underway between Syrian and Turkish intelligence on the issue of rapprochement between Damascus and Ankara may end soon. The …

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• 25 September

  Has Israel Avoided Killing Three Iranian Officials?

  

  The opposition-run channel Iran International reported that Israeli airstrikes targeting Damascus last Saturday had aimed at the so-called Unit 2250 — a private Iranian logistics institution responsible for coordinating equipment transfers— which is managed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Israeli airstrikes hit warehouses, parking lots, and even the unit’s head …

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• 25 September

  Recap: New Steps in Rapprochement Between Turkey and Syria

  

  Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, said that Moscow supports the idea of organizing a meeting between Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. As a result, the meeting will create more commonalities between the two sides. Turkish media also reported that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan …

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• 23 September

  Iran: Regime Facing Major Challenge From Intense ‘Hijab’ Protests – Analysis

  

  The scenes coming from Iran are striking. Women removing their head scarves and waving them defiantly in public while some are burning their veils and throwing them into bonfires to the cheers of men. Others are chopping off their hair in public to the chants of “Death to the dictator.” …

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• 23 September

  Hezbollah Has Turned Lebanon Into A Narco-State – OpEd

  

  When does a country become designated as a narco-state? Have Lebanon and Syria already reached that stage? The simple definition of such a state is that drugs are openly traded with the approval or even protection of the government. So, the answer is simple: The growing Captagon trade has made …

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• 23 September

  Russia’s Demographic Problems Make Putin’s Mobilization Plans Explosive – Analysis

  

  Russia’s demographic problems, including the extremely high male mortality among working-age groups (Socio.bas-net.by, accessed September 21; Nakanune.ru, August 1) and the declining size of the Russian nation, especially in rural areas where most soldiers come from and opposition to the war is growing (Siberia.Realities, August 24), impose serious constraints on …

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• 23 September

  Ethiopia: Civilians Once Again Mired In Intractable And Deadly War

  

  Ethiopia’s people are once again “mired…in the intractable and deadly consequences” of conflict between Government troops and forces loyal to Tigrayan separatist fighters, who are all likely responsible for war crimes, top rights investigators said on Thursday. In their first, extensive report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the …

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• 23 September

  Asylum, Migration And US Foreign Policy – OpEd

  

  Every day the Republican governors of Texas, Greg Abbott, and Florida, Ron DeSantis, eagerly announce that they are sending people generically labeled as migrants to what are known as sanctuary cities. The corporate media report that thousands of people have been convinced to board buses to New York City or …

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• 23 September

  Neue türkische Freunde: Erdogan will sein Drohpotenzial gegenüber dem Westen vergrößern

  

  Neue Reibereien der der Türkei mit den USA und Europa sind absehbar. Doch die Allianz mit Xi und Putin ist vorerst keine realistische Alternative. Ein Kommentar. Während des Gipfels der Schanghai-Organisation für Zusammenarbeit (SCO) vorige Woche in Usbekistan erschien in türkischen Medien ein Foto von einer vergnügten Männerrunde. Präsident Recep …

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• 23 September

  Türkiye, Şanghay İşbirliği Örgütü’nün neresinde?

  

  “ŞİÖ üyelerini bir araya getiren ortak payda nedir?” diye soracak olursanız insanın aklına çoğunun nükleer silahlara sahip olmaları ve demokrasiden pek haz etmemelerinden başka bir şey gelmiyor. Dünya’nın en iyi aşçısını getirseniz bu malzemeden bir helva yapamaz… Şanghay İşbirliği Örgütü’nün (ŞİÖ) 26.Dönem Toplantısı,15-16 Eylül tarihlerinde Özbekistan’ın tarihi şehri Semerkant’ta yapıldı. …

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