SYRIA -- Foreign relations -- United StatesThe article focuses on the cruise missile strike against Al-Shayrat air base in Homs province, Syria by the U.S. Navy which was conceived as a limited punitive measure in response to use of chemical weapons (CW). It mentions U.S. President ...
Erdogan made the remarks at a press conference in Istanbul before his departure for the United States to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. "We have expressed our willingness to meet with Bashar al-Assad to normalize relations between Türkiye and Syria," he said. ...
The minister also urged the United States to lift sanctions on the Syrian people, which he said primarily slow the pace of building a "new Syria." Al-Shibani, heading a high-level Syrian delegation that includes Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and Intelligence Chief Anas Khattab, arrived in...
The meeting also signals Tehran’s interest in ensuring that Syria stays a member of this axis, and does not drift toward the Gulf Arab states, such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a signatory to the Abraham Accords. Only two months prior to the meeting, President Assad traveled to ...
Zhai noted that Syria's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity should be respected and maintained, urging the United States and the West to lift unilateral sanctions and economic blockade against Syria immediately. He also called on the international community to sincerely provide humanitaria...
ahead of the near term succession of the supreme leader of Iran. The Raisi meeting also signals Tehran’s interest in ensuring that Syria stays a member of this axis, and does not drift toward the Gulf Arab states, such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a signatory to the Abraham Accor...
For his part, Zhai said that in recent years, China-Syria relations have continued to develop, and political mutual trust has been continuously enhanced, stressing that China is willing to work with Syria to firmly support each other in issues concerning the two countries' core interests, and ...
Zones of influence of Russia, Turkey and the United States in Syria, October 2019 On October 9, Turkey launched a military operation in northern Syria against Kurdish formations in areas east of the Euphrates. The operation was called the "Source of Peace." The Turkish authorities reported that...
Ali Moussa, an Iraqi political analyst said that the United States may reverse the disadvantages caused by its earlier withdrawal from the Middle East due to a shift in strategic focus, and this could benefit the incoming Trump administration in advancing the normalization of relations between Israel...
Minister Sergey Lavrov on May 4, 2016, encapsulated the essence of Russia’s policy: “Assad is not our ally, by the way. We support him in the fight against terrorism and in preserving the Syrian state, but he is not an ally in the same sense that Türkiye is for the United States...