July, 2022

• 10 July

  Syrian Government Grants Russians New Investment for 45 years

  

  Lattakia City Council signed a contract with the Russian company Sinara Int to invest in tourism, according to Hashtag Syria. On Tuesday, the Lattakia City Council signed a contract with the Russian company Sinara Int to invest in the tourist site of Jules Jammal. This comes with the aim of …

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• 10 July

  News of Joint Military Operations Room Between Damascus and SDF

  

  Discussions are underway between representatives of the Syrian government and the SDF militias to stave off the aggression threatened by Turkish regime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to cut off Syrian territory. Sources said that results depend on the militias providing field and administrative concessions to the Syrian government in areas …

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• 10 July

  Israel Targets Iranian Cells in Golan, Kills Hezbollah Operatives

  

  An Israeli drone targeted a leader close to Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the town of Hader, according to al-Souria Net. On Wednesday, an Israeli drone targeted a leader close to Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the town of Hader in the northern countryside of Quneitra, Israeli media reported. Israel’s Channel 13 said that …

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• 10 July

  Syrian Islamic Council: Mufti’s Meeting with Haniyeh to Discourage Hamas from Normalizing with Regime

  

  The Syrian Islamic Council said it rejects the Iranian axis, but also normalization with Israel, according to Syria TV, The Syrian Islamic Council issued a video statement read out by its spokesman Sheikh Moutee’ al-Bateen, explaining the leaked recording in which the (opposition) Grand Mufti of the Syrian Arab Republic, …

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• 10 July

  Turkey Shelves Syria Offensive after Russian Objection

  

  Ankara said there was “no need to hurry” a military operation in Northern Syria, according to Arab News. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey is in no rush to stage a new military operation against armed Kurdish militants in Northern Syria.

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• 10 July

  Lebanese Minister Insists on Repatriation Plan, Visit to Syria Soon

  

  The UN has rejected the plan by the Lebanese government, according to al-Souria Net. Lebanese caretaker Minister of Displaced Persons, Issam Sharaf al-Din, said that Lebanon is determined to move forward with plans to repatriate Syrian refugees currently residing in Lebanon. On Wednesday, the Lebanese government news service the National …

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• 10 July

  Cavusoglu, Lavrov discuss Ukraine, food security ahead of G20 meeting

  

  Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov have a thorough exchange of views on international and regional affairs with particular emphasis on the situation in Ukraine. Turkish and Russian foreign ministers have held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 ministerial meeting in Bali, …

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• 10 July

  Elective Affinities: Iran, India and China’s Responses to the Ukraine War

  

  Iran, India and China have found themselves dragged into the crisis in Ukraine, as their wagons remain hitched to the invading power for complicated reasons. 'Sooner or later Russia will be back, and we do not know what kind of Russia that will be. It may fall subject to some …

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• 10 July

  NATO Must Back Lithuania Against Russian Coercion

  

  Increasing provocations from Moscow in response to Lithuania’s decision to enforce sanctions on goods transiting its territory need to be dealt with strongly by the Alliance. At last month’s summit, NATO promised to improve its military readiness in the future. But storm clouds are gathering over the Baltics right now. …

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• 10 July

  Lebanon: Collapse, Uncertainty, Rejuvenation – or the Next Big War?

  

  It could get much worse, and more violent, before it gets better. Lebanon has never been in a worse state outside wartime. Historically unstable by imperial design, its region is now rocked by the same waves of strategic competition, destabilisation and malign influence as the rest of the developing world. …

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