Just the fact that this deal was brokered at all speaks of China’s growing influence in the region. And this deal was done diplomatically as well. There is no way this is going to sit well with the US or Israel. An overview from the Stimson Centre (US Based Think Tank) At a time of […]
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Turkey says it wants a quadrilateral meeting in order to advance in rapprochement with Syria, according to al-Watan. Turkish statements about rapprochement with Damascus have returned to the fore again. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came out on Sunday with statements calling for a Syrian-Russian-Turkish meeting, pointing out the possibility of Iran joining this meeting […]
Wall Street Journal via Archive.ph https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-ammunition-factory-hit-by-blast-11674951968 Iran said three drones caused an explosion at an ammunition factory in the city of Isfahan late Saturday, amid fresh tensions with the West and Israel over Tehran’s military involvement in Ukraine and stalled negotiations to revive an international accord that limits Iran’s nuclear activities. Phone footage captured by […]
Link– Digital Journal Interesting? Amir-Abdollahian in Ankara right after a visit to Damascus. Cavusoglu said he intended to hold his first official meeting with Mekdad “in the upcoming period”. “Today, we emphasised that Iran’s contribution to this process is very important,” Cavusoglu said. US Concerns Washington’s relations with Ankara are already strained by US support […]
https://thecradle.co/Article/Investigations/19494 US and Israeli-backed armed Kurdish separatists on the Iraqi border have participated in every incident of Iranian domestic strife, from 2009 to 2022. ” Since April 2003, after the illegal US invasion of Iraq, West Asia transformed into a vast playground for an array of foreign states and entities. Among them are Iranian Kurdish […]
https://web.archive.org/web/20171028184128/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2016/04/irans-forgotten-kurds-step-up-struggle.html From the past to the present ( the present featured in the second report for today) original url https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2016/04/irans-forgotten-kurds-step-up-struggle.html Still viable url! https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/iran-s-forgotten-kurds-step-up-the-struggle-1.140788 KDPI PJAK, PKK, KDPI So the present day problem in Iran with the alphabet Kurdish groups has been present for a very long time Far longer than this nearly 7 year […]
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‘The Americans did not fight ISIS’
Interesting piece from The Cradle. And the claim is completely unsurprising to myself. It was always obvious. One would have been a complete fool to believe the US ever fought ISIS. They armed them. Dropped weapons to them. Etc., But they did not fight them! https://thecradle.co/Article/Interviews/19989 Selected excerpts below; Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian commander of […]
An interesting perspective on Syria’s importance in the region particularly as it relates to Israel’s wanting to dominate the Arab people and their lands Link to article Former diplomat Frederic Hof explores how Damascus is Tel Aviv’s last frontier in overcoming the Arab ‘problem’ As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
First, a trip down memory lane. Years back I’d hoped for this type of an outcome with regard to Syria. Yup, I wanted to see Turkey, Syria and Iran work this out, for themselves. If Russia was going to help, that was okay with me. Turkey and Syria should be good neighbours, the neighbours they […]
original url https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/01/pt-2-lavrov-adana-agreement-understood.html via the wayback machine as it looked in 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190128184911/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/01/pt-2-lavrov-adana-agreement-understood.html Putin said: “The treaty between Syria and Turkey of the year 1998 is still valid. And it deals, in particular, with the fight against terrorism. I think that this is the base that closes many issues in terms of ensuring Turkey’s security […]