by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 12, 2017 | Middle East
The First Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Science and Technology concluded its proceedings in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Monday, 11 September 2017, with the adoption of Astana Declaration. The Declaration stipulated that the second S&T...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Aug 23, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow – The next round of talks between Russia, Turkey and Iran on settling the Syrian civil conflict has been pushed back from late August to mid-September, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said on Tuesday. Kazakhstan hosts the talks which have in...
by Vitaly Naumkin | Jul 22, 2017 | Opinion
“Tangible change has been recently witnessed concerning Syria’s ongoing crisis.” – Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vitaly Naumkin Syria’s course of negotiations was recently split into a three-way axis: Geneva,...
by Paula Astih, Taha Abdel-Wahed | Jul 6, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow, Beirut- The fifth round of the Astana talks aimed at ending the Syrian conflict concluded on Wednesday without making any progress, but only approved to transfer all disputed issues to a joint working group. Russia’s chief negotiator at the Astana talks,...
by Ibrahim Hamidi | Jul 5, 2017 | Middle East
London- Kurdish sources confirmed on Tuesday the presence of seven US military bases and airports in the Arab-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) areas, eastern Syria. Commander of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) Sipan Hamo told Asharq Al-Awsat that the...
