by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 24, 2017 | Middle East
Russian warplanes flew over rebel-held areas near Hama, Syria in a rush to aid pro-regime Syrian forces losing ground, a Syrian source told Reuters on Friday. State media later reported that regime forces allegedly recaptured all positions it had lost earlier, which...
by Amir Taheri | Jan 27, 2017 | Opinion
Among the questions around President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, one stands out: what is the future of US relations with Russia? So far, however, Trump and members of his national security team have provided vague, and at times contradictory, replies. What the new...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Jan 20, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara- Mohammad Alloush of the Jaish al-Islam faction and member of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said that the purpose of opposition’s participation in Astana negotiations is to affirm commitment to the ceasefire, release arrestees in the regime prisons and...
by Amir Taheri | Dec 23, 2016 | Opinion
Earlier this month, as Russians marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Empire, there was much talk of an end to what many in Moscow claim was a “parenthesis” that is now closing. In other words, in 1992 Russia, as the core power in the USSR, ceased to...
by Youssef Diab | Dec 21, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut – The ISIS organization continued on Tuesday to widen its grip around Palmyra, a week after controlling the ancient city located in central Syria. The terrorist organization exerted more pressures on the Tayfur military airport, where 20 regime soldiers...
