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Rebel fighters carry their weapons and belongings, evacuating besieged Waer district in Homs, Syria on May 21, 2017. (Reuters)

Moscow Suggests Egypt as Sponsor of ‘Homs Truce’ instead of Ankara

by Ibrahim Hamidi | Aug 2, 2017 | Middle East

London – Moscow exerted on Tuesday major pressure on opposition factions fighting in Homs and urged them to sign a “de-escalation” agreement for the city’s countryside to be inked in Cairo similar to what happened during the Damascus Ghouta truce. However,...

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Members of Council of Northern Syria Federal System vote on dividing the region into three federal administrative provinces, in Rmelan, Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan), Syria, July 27, 2017. (Photo: HAWAR/SDF)

Kurds Annex Arab Areas to ‘Federal System’

by Ibrahim Hamidi | Jul 31, 2017 | Middle East

London- The electoral and administrative division laws of the “Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria” established during meetings held by Kurdish groups in the country’s northwestern town of Rmelan, reveal an expansion of the self-administrative system to three...

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Syrian men ride their bicycles at the rebel held besieged Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria July 23, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Ghouta Ceasefire… Local Administration, Commerce with Damascus

by Ibrahim Hamidi | Jul 24, 2017 | Middle East

London- A draft received by Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper of the agreement reached with the Syrian opposition on how a ceasefire will function in Damascus’ Ghouta stipulates deploying 150 Russian police officers at the cross-line between regime forces and the opposition....

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The Roman amphitheater in the Syrian city of Palmyra, pictured on March 31, 2016 (AFP)

Japan Conference Seeks to Separate Reconstruction of Syria’s Palmyra from Political Settlement

by Ibrahim Hamidi | Jul 21, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Nara (Japan) – The dispute over Syria’s “Pearl of the Desert”, Palmyra, has not been limited to the military conflict between Damascus and Moscow and between ISIS, but a cultural competition has emerged between international archaeologists to rebuild the historic...

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Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (facign camera) sits facing his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-Se during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul December 28, 2015. REUTERS/Jung Yeon-je/Pool

Japanese FM: We Welcome De-escalation Efforts in Syria

by Ibrahim Hamidi | Jul 14, 2017 | Interviews

Tokyo – Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said his country welcomed US-Russian efforts to ease tensions in Syria, noting that a political process was crucial to rebuild the war-torn country. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper in Tokyo, Kishida...