It may be pure coincidence that the recapture of Mosul by Iraqi forces was accomplished on the anniversary of the defeat of Israel’s July 2006 assault on Lebanon. But there is a clear link between these two achievements: they underline the regional ascendancy of Iran and its allies, …
Read More »Arab World Unity Crucial To Resolving Conflicts – Russia’s Envoy
GENEVA, July 15. /TASS/. Russia expects that the rift among the Gulf Arab nations should be overcome in the soonest possible time, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva Alexey Borodavkin told reporters on Saturday. When asked if the rift among Gulf …
Read More »Jordan’s Mediation in the Trump-Putin Ceasefire Deal
By Shehab Al Makahleh • The July 7 meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Hamburg, on the sidelines of the G20 summit, will be remembered not so much because the meeting of two most important world leaders finally occurred, despite all possible efforts by various actors to …
Read More »Turkey Hails Jordan’s Anti-Terrorism Efforts
Amman, July 14 (Petra News Agency) – Turkish Ambassador to Amman Murat Karagoz on Thursday praised the Jordanian stance and solidarity with his country during the failed coup attempt last year in Turkey. “Turkey and its people will never forget the Jordanian stance with Turkey and countries suffering …
Read More »Tripartite Deal Struck on Syria
By Shehab Al Makahleh • The United States, Russia and Jordan have agreed to foster a cease-fire in a limited area of southwestern Syria that will begin at noon on Sunday July 9, 2017. The cease-fire agreement was announced Friday by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and his Russian …
Read More »Turkey may be subtly changing sides in the Syrian conflict
The unthinkable has become the conceivable. By Adam Garrie | The Duran • Between the Syrian victory in the Battle of Aleppo in December of 2016 and the signing of the Astana Memorandum on the creation of de-escalation zones in Syria in May of 2017, Turkey was one of the …
Read More »In a Royal Sleight of Hand Saudi King Names Son a Crown Prince
By Shehab Al Makahleh • Without a hint that a GCC-Qatar rift tearing apart the fabric of the regional stability and cooperation resolution is anywhere in sight, ill and aged Saudi king Salman via a royal decree, Wednesday morning declares his 31-year-old son, Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) a new …
Read More »US Backs Down as Russia Targets US Aircraft in Syria
As Russia targets US aircraft west of the Euphrates US redeploys aircraft elsewhere allowing Syrian army to capture strategic town of Rusafa. Back in April, in the immediate aftermath of the US cruise missile attack on Syria’s Al-Shayrat air base, Russia retaliated by switching off the ‘de-confliction’ hotline …
Read More »Anti-terror Jordan Has a Message on Religious Pluralism
By Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain • In 2006, I had the pleasure to tour the Middle East as part of the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) annual tour. I was attending the programme as a representative of the Indian Army. For the annual international tour, I …
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