January 24, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
In the last few days, Damascus put forward conditions for continuing talks with Ankara, according to Asharq al-Awsat. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed developments in Syria in a phone call on Monday. Turkish and Iranian media reported that Iran’s top diplomat, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, might …
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January 24, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Syrians are move to camps described as “large prisons” in southern Turkey, where they are persuaded to return to Syria, according to Syria TV. The pace of deportation of Syrian refugees from Turkey to northern Syria has increased during the past year, and the selection of deportees was semi-random. Most …
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January 24, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Syria said that the Syrian Army repulsed on Wednesday a terrorist attack in the southern countryside of Idleb, according to Tishreen. The Ministry of Defense said that units of the Syrian Army repulsed on Wednesday a terrorist attack in the southern countryside of Idleb. “Our brave armed forces on Wednesday …
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January 24, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Local networks reported that the assassination of Amer al-Nassar took place on Sunday, according to Enab Baladi. Amer al-Nassar, nicknamed “The Colonel,” a militia commander in Daraa, was killed by direct fire while he was in a house in the city of al-Hara, northwest of Daraa. Local networks reported that …
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January 24, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Rumors about the arrest of figures from the Qaterji family are the result of rivalry among warlords, according to Enab Baladi. The rumors of the detention of the heads of the Qaterji family and the seizure of their companies have not been a secret in the past months in anticipation …
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January 24, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The Turkish-Syrian rapprochement is back on the surface after the meeting between Turkey’s Foreign Minister Cavusoglu and Secretary of State Blinken in Washington. On the other hand, the military threats have come back, and the Kurds in northeast Syria are still concerned about that. Syria, in the meanwhile, is angry …
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January 24, 2023 Balkans, Eurasia
Razlog zašto ljudi i kompanije odlaze iz BiH nije multietnički karakter zemlje. Ljudi ne odlaze jer ne žele živjeti s Hrvatima, Bošnjacima ili Srbima. Ljudi odlaze jer ne mogu naći posao bez korumpiranih veza Podržavam sve konstitutivne narode u BiH da otvoreno i slobodno izraze svoja politička opredjeljenja … “Vaš …
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January 24, 2023 Balkans, Eurasia
“Iako sam mogao da reagujem emotivno, da kažem ‘skloni se, napusti ili ih izbaci’, moj posao je da brinem o državi” Predsjednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić izjavio je večeras u Beogradu da mu je zapadna petorka predočila da će, u slučaju odbijanja plana EU za Kosovo, posljedice po Srbiju biti prekid …
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January 24, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
It’s taken until Netanyahu’s new far-right government for some to acknowledge Israel’s crimes against Palestinians, but these violations of international law have long existed. Rami Khouri explains what must shift to challenge the current trajectory Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing Israeli government has quickly launched policies that take Zionism …
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January 24, 2023 Balkans, Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient, Serbia
Serbia: Iran’s Entry Point to the Balkans Iranian military activity in Europe’s neighborhood is not limited to supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine Transforming itself from a net arms importer into a burgeoning arms exporter, Tehran is engaged in opportunistic behavior across conflict zones, ranging from Ukraine to tense, fragile regions, …
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