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Idlib: the clock is ticking

10:41 07.08.2019 Andrey Isayev

Idlib: the clock is ticking

On August 1-2, the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan was playing host to the 13th round of inter-Syrian talks, held as part of the so-called Astana format. The Russian delegation was led by President Putin’s Special Representative for the Syrian Settlement Alexander Lavrentyev, the Iranian - by the Assistant Foreign Minister Ali …

Passions over Syria rage on

19:23 24.04.2019 Andrey Isayev

Passions over Syria rage on

The twists and turns of political developments in the Middle East largely stem from the rivalry between Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey. While Iran seeks greater influence in countries with significant Shiite populations, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are sparring on one territory, both claiming leadership in the Sunni world: Turkey …

Turkey can no longer count on NATO alone

13:32 10.04.2019 Yevgeny Pedanov

Turkey can no longer count on NATO alone

Turkey’s planned purchase of the S-400 missile defense system from Russia threatens NATO security and is putting Ankara at risk of losing its status of “a critical partner in the most successful military alliance in history,” US Vice President Mike Pence has warned. Experts from the Turkish Foundation for Political, …

Rumors about the “death” of Russian-Turkish alliance in Syria greatly exaggerated

10:21 03.04.2019 Andrey Isayev

Rumors about the “death” of Russian-Turkish alliance in Syria greatly exaggerated

The breakthrough in trade and other economic relations between Russia and Turkey has quite naturally spread to the realm of politics, best reflected in the two countries’ coordinated actions in Syria. This is all the more surprising, since only recently military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Ankara was absolutely unthinkable. Wary …

External Factor in Syrian Conflict

14:10 06.12.2018 Yevgeny Pedanov

External Factor in Syrian Conflict

The Syrian conflict was high on the agenda of a conference on the problems of the Middle East and Africa, which was recently held at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow. The participants pointed to the external aspect as the main factor in the conflict, …

Arab League As An Anti-Arab Weapon

15:00 22.02.2012 Elena Pustovoytova

Arab League As An Anti-Arab Weapon

Elementary arithmetic routinely holds keys to much more complex political algebra. At the moment, for example, it appears that fairly simple regards explain the bizarre conduct of the Arab League which, contrary to reasonable expectations, alligned itself with the West in destabilizing Syria and keeping B. Assad under pressure. It …

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