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Finishing the Job: Turkey Preparing For Military Operation in Syria
At its May 26 meeting, Turkey’s National Security Council (NSC) announced it was necessary to go on with current and prospective operations at the...
A New Order in West Asia: The Case of China’s Strategic Presence in Syria
Unanimity on a new American century had gone unchecked for a decade. The warhawk John Bolton lambasted Xi's authoritarianism, claiming the new crackdown has...
Syrian constitutional reform body seeking breakthrough
The committee tasked with drafting a new Syrian constitution - and thereby setting the country on a fresh trajectory to peace and stability -...
Russia-China and the warning against Ukraine of falling into the “trap of Western democracy”
Perhaps the current Ukrainian crisis with Russia has redrawn the international order, and made the most prominent analysis here focus on whether the United...
The Case for Normalization with Syria
Throughout the last few years, many Arab states have taken steps towards normalizing relations with Syria. The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy there...
Russia, Iran, Turkey to hold Syria summit in Tehran in February or March
Russia, Iran and Turkey have agreed to hold the next Astana format summit in Tehran in February or March 2022, depending on the coronavirus...
The visit of the head of Israeli Mossad intelligence to Bahrain
The visit of the UAE Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed to Damascus on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 and the meeting with Syrian President...
Chinese and Gulf states rapprochement with Syria
We find that throughout the years of the Syrian war, there were a number of indications of (secret cooperation) between some Arab governments in...
China- Russia alliance and the failure of the American-backed Arab Spring revolutions
China realizes the Syrian regime's need for it, and thus relies on it to achieve its political and economic goals in the Levant region,...
Features of US-Chinese competition in the Middle East through the Syrian and Iranian portal
China has begun to adopt the approach of “increasing presence in the Middle East issues” with the transformation of its policy to be a...