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View from London: Who will rule Syria now the Assad regime has been toppled?

12:33 11.12.2024

View from London: Who will rule Syria now the Assad regime has been toppled?

Syrians are hoping for a peaceful transition of power. They may not get it, writes ‘The Economist’. In Damascus and across the country, Syrians were cheering a fresh start and a reboot of their relations with the world. What kind of fresh start will they get? Much depends on whether …

View from Cairo: The Fall of Assad and the Power vacuum – a dangerous opportunity for extremist groups

11:55 10.12.2024

View from Cairo: The Fall of Assad and the Power vacuum – a dangerous opportunity for extremist groups

After more than a decade of devastation and conflict, Syria is at a crossroads, with the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime marking the end of an era. The brutal civil war, which began with peaceful protests in 2011, has left the country in ruins, with millions dead, displaced, and …

Syria: Turkey and others

11:52 10.12.2024 Maria Kolesnikova

Syria: Turkey and others

Against the backdrop of events rapidly unfolding in Syria and the growing impact of regional chaos, let us look back on what was done and said a long time ago. Looking for historical clues for understanding what is happening and, more importantly, for projecting expectations into the future, Internet users …

View from USA: The new risks are huge with Assad gone

11:51 10.12.2024

View from USA: The new risks are huge with Assad gone

Washington awoke on Sunday morning to a new reality, notes ‘The New York Times’. It is perhaps the most momentous upheaval yet in the 14 months since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel unleashed a wave of violent retaliation that changed the region’s power dynamics. Now, with Mr. al-Assad’s …

Niger takes control of French uranium mine

11:50 10.12.2024

Niger takes control of French uranium mine

French nuclear firm Orano says the military authorities in Niger have taken control of its uranium mining operations in the West African country, RFI informs. After seizing power in a coup in July last year, Niger's military rulers said they would revamp rules regulating the mining of raw materials by …

‘Al Djazeera’: World reacts to capture of Syria’s Damascus by opposition fighters

14:58 09.12.2024

‘Al Djazeera’: World reacts to capture of Syria’s Damascus by opposition fighters

A diverse Syrian opposition has seized power in Syria. Among the forces that have come out against the Assad government are Islamists, Syrian oppositionists to the regime, and militant groups oriented towards Turkey. Chaos has begun in the Middle East in the very center of the region, which borders Israel, …

Sergei Ryabkov for CNN: Russia will use ‘even stronger military means’ if Western pressure continues

11:59 09.12.2024

Sergei Ryabkov for CNN: Russia will use ‘even stronger military means’ if Western pressure continues

Russia will resort to “even stronger military means” in its war with Ukraine if the US and its allies fail to recognize it cannot be tested indefinitely, Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told CNN’s Fred Pleitgen in an exclusive interview. “Risks are high and they are growing, and that’s …

POLITICO: Kallas gave top EU official the ax and governments aren’t happy

11:57 09.12.2024

POLITICO: Kallas gave top EU official the ax and governments aren’t happy

And here is the first scandal in the new composition of the European Commission. The European Union’s new foreign affairs chief has outraged governments and officials over her decision to boot out her department’s top civil servant, POLITICO informs. Italian EU veteran Stefano Sannino is leaving his post as secretary …

View from London: A fiscal squeeze in 2025 will harm economic growth

11:56 09.12.2024

View from London: A fiscal squeeze in 2025 will harm economic growth

The European Union does not seem to have a debt problem, stresses ‘The Economist’. At around 84% of gdp, its member countries’ overall public-debt ratio is a lot lower than Britain’s 104% or America’s 123%, let alone Japan’s 255%. Even if the roughly €1trn ($1.1trn) of collective debt — such …

Russian Foreign Ministry: “We urge all parties involved to refrain from violence and resolve all governance issues through political means in Syria”

16:37 08.12.2024

Russian Foreign Ministry: “We urge all parties involved to refrain from violence and resolve all governance issues through political means in Syria”

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after negotiations with several participants in the conflict in Syria, has decided to step down from his position and leave the country, giving instructions for a peaceful transfer of power, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported, Sputnik Globe writes. "As a result of negotiations between Bashar al-Assad …

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