May, 2022

• 21 May

  Jordan Concerns Over Iran Filling Vacuum Left By Russians In Syria

  

  King Abdullah II warned that Iran and its proxies may fill a vacuum left by Russia in southern Syria, according to North Press. Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned on Wednesday that Iran and its proxies may fill a vacuum left by Russia in southern Syria which could lead to issues …

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• 21 May

  How the Ukraine War is Advancing Iran Influence in Syria

  

  Earlier this month, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad paid a surprise visit to Tehran, where he met with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi. This was Assad’s second visit to Iran since Syria’s civil war broke out in 2011. In Tehran, Khamenei told the Syrian president that Damascus …

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• 21 May

  Pedersen in Damascus on Saturday to Discuss Eighth Round of Constitutional Committee

  

  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. …

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• 21 May

  Erdogan Insists on Changing Northern Syria Demographics

  

  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 …

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• 21 May

  Pro-Assad Figures Ousted from Parliament in Lebanon

  

  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 …

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• 21 May

  The Time to Incentivize the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue is Now

  

  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 …

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• 21 May

  Democracy Digest: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, by Viktor Orban

  

  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 …

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• 21 May

  Week in Review: No Time to Waste

  

  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 …

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• 21 May

  Iran Trying to Force the US to Meet All Its Demands

  

  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 …

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• 21 May

  Μπορεί η Ευρώπη να σταματήσει τον πόλεμο;

  

  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 …

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