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Children hold pigeons at the Atme refugee camp that emerged due to the Syrian conflict along the Turkish border in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. AFP PHOTO

Russia Supports ‘Federal Syria,’ National Dialogue

by Ibrahim Hamidi | Oct 11, 2017 | Middle East

London- The head of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units Siban Hamo visited Moscow last week and met with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces, who both affirmed that they see a...

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Macron and al-Abadi at the Elysee on Thursday, REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Abadi Does Not Want to Fight Kurds, Erdogan Supports Closing Borders

by Michel Abu Najm and Said Abdul Razzak | Oct 6, 2017 | Middle East

Paris, Ankara — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed on Thursday that he does not want an armed confrontation with the Kurds in relation to the crisis of the referendum on independence held in the Kurdistan region on Sept. 25. Meanwhile, Turkish President...

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Iranian army troops in Tehran (File Photo: AP)

Iranian Airport in Central Syria, Israel Alludes to Targeting it

by Nazir Majli | Jul 15, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv, Beirut- Israel uncovered on Friday that Iran has lately leased from the Assad regime an airport in central Syria, hinting it would target it. Israeli military sources asserted that Tel Aviv would not allow Tehran to lease an airport in Syria, and would also...

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United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. Reuters

Syrian Opposition Documents ‘Iranian Threat’ in ‘Geneva’

by Caroline Akoum | May 20, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- As expected, the sixth round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva ended on Friday without any breakthrough, while the opposition uncovered it has warned UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura from the “Iranian danger.” Opposition leader Colonel Fateh Hassoun told...

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United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attends a news conference ahead of intra-Syria talks at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Syria Opposition Expresses Reservations on De Mistura’s ‘Constitutional Mechanism’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 17, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Geneva- UN Special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura sought on Tuesday to achieve a breakthrough in the “negotiations stalemate” by suggesting a new mechanism on legal and constitutional issues, but opposition forces expressed their reservations on...