The Syrian crisis has moved to a new phase in 2022, as I emphasized in previous Syria-related articles, and we can expect even more in 2023. In this regard, relations with Türkiye are particularly …
Turkey, Syria Defense Ministers Meet in Moscow
The gathering was the first formal, high-level meeting between the two Middle East governments since the eruption of a civil war in Syria in 2011.
Gasoline smuggling from Lebanon to Syria continues
The living and economic crises in Lebanon and Syria are similar, as the price of the dollar reaching on Monday evening new record levels in Beirut of 47 thousand LBP, and the dollar reaching 6800 …
A Syrian refugee’s heartbreaking journey to Wales and what happened to him when he got here
The school pupils who were shot at, beaten by traffickers, forced to walk across the desert, crammed into sweltering lorries and rescued from sinking dinghies to make a life in Wales It hadn’t been …
Turkey Talking to Russia About Using Syrian Airspace to Attack YPG Militia
Turkey is in talks with Russia about using Syrian airspace to conduct a cross border raid against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced over the weekend that …
Who’s holding whose hands in Syria and Iraq?
When I opined that U.S. President Joe Biden’s George W. Bush-era carryover foreign and security policy team would create two so-called Kurdish …
Turkey and Russia discuss cross-border assault on Syria, as tensions rise with Kurds
Ankara is pushing for a cross-border attack into northeast Syria, and the violence in Paris can be used to further justify such an assault.
From Syria to Nova Scotia, this refugee chocolatier says he’s really selling peace and joy
Please try again Few Canadians appreciate the depths of chocolate’s moral virtues better than Tareq Hadhad, 30, the Syrian war refugee whose new chocolate store has just opened on Main Street in …
Addictive Drug Captagon Is Financial Savior of Hizbullah and Syria
Lebanese militia aids Assad regime in the production and distribution of millions of pills per year [Beirut] It has been known for years that Hizbullah uses the drug-trafficking industry as one of its …
Turkey in Talks With Russia About Using Syrian Airspace in Potential Operation
Turkey is in talks with Russia to use the airspace above northern Syria for a potential cross-border operation against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on …