Geir Pedersen arrives in Damascus on Saturday for a two-day visit during which he will meet with Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad, according to al-Watan. UN Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, arrives in Damascus on Saturday for a two-day visit during which he will meet with Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad. …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed his regime’s insistence on implementing a plan to transfer Syrian refugees to northern Syria, according to al-Watan. On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed his regime’s insistence on implementing a plan to change demographics in northern Syria. Erdogan announced that his regime has …

In many aspects, the results of the Lebanese elections last Sunday were surprising. Not only because of the score achieved by the groups representing the 17th of October uprising, which were able to seize 14 out of the 128 seats in parliament, but also because voters eliminated many figures, central …

There is a window of opportunity for the EU to revive the stalled dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo – against the backdrop of war in Ukraine and with strong governments in Paris and Berlin. The Kosovo-Serbia dialogue process is lagging again. The last time that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and …

The Hungarian prime minister’s irascibility gets the better of him, while the Slovak and Polish presidents put their weight behind a plan to grant Ukraine EU candidate status. Horse trading over the EU’s contested sixth sanctions package, mostly the oil embargo against Russia, continued in Hungary this week, with a …

From Moldova to Montenegro, everyone seems to be in a hurry, though perhaps for different reasons. Meanwhile, in some corners of south-east Europe, the gloves are coming off, in more ways than one. In a Hurry Moldova is working hard to strike while the proverbial EU enlargement iron is hot …

Iraqi writer Farouk Yousef pointed out that after the US gave Iran $90 billion following the signing of the nuclear agreement with the Obama administration in 2015… the bulk of the money… was spent on terrorist groups run by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and …

Οπόλεμος στην Ουκρανία συνεχίζεται χωρίς κάποιον ξεκάθαρο τελικό στόχο. Και ο πρόεδρος Πούτιν επαναλαμβάνει το ψέμα ότι δήθεν «η Δύση ετοίμαζε εισβολή στη Ρωσία» για να τον δικαιολογήσει (ομιλία στην «Ημέρα της Νίκης», 9 Μαΐου). Τούτων δοθέντων, το ερώτημα που αναδύεται είναι: Θα υπνοβατήσει η ανθρωπότητα σε Γ’ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο …

Kui Eestile on selgemast selgem, et Soome ja Rootsi NATO-sse kuulumine on loomulik, siis Türgil nii pole. Selleks et ka Türgi annaks me põhjanaabrite NATO-sse astumisele heakskiidu, tuleb paraku pöörduda reaalpoliitikasse ning välja selgitada, mida Erdoğan oma heakskiidu eest vastu tahab, ja saada selle üle kaubeldes vajalik tulemus. Kas piisab …

Армия России уже потеряла до 500 бойцов, пытаясь форсировать Северский Донец, но командиры продолжают посылать туда людей. Кратко — о тактических ошибках ВС РФ По данным Института исследования войны (ISW), 11 мая российская армия потеряла от 400 до 500 военнослужащих при очередной попытке форсировать реку Северский Донец в Луганской области …