September, 2022

• 5 September

  Syria’s Losses in Oil & Gas at107.1 Billion Dollars- Foreign Ministry

  

  These direct and indirect losses are estimated at 107.1 billion dollars, according to SANA. Syria stressed that the practices of the United States, whose forces are illegally present on Syrian territory, along with the theft and illegitimate trafficking carried out by terrorist groups and the separatist QSD (Syrian Democratic Forces, …

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• 5 September

  Intelligence Report: Russia Withdraws S300 System from Syria

  

  The system was brought back to Russia to strengthen its defence, according to al-Souria Net. An Israeli space intelligence firm said Russia had reshipped the advanced S-300 air defence system from Syria to Moscow as its invasion of Ukraine continued. On Saturday, ImageSat International published photos showing that the S-300 …

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• 5 September

  U.S. Senior Representative to NE Syria Meets Kurdish National Council

  

  Nikolas Granger also met the Department of Foreign Relations of the AANES, according to North Press. US Senior Representative to Northeast Syria Nikolas Granger met on Wednesday with a delegation of the Kurdish National Council in Syria (ENKS). This came during his first visit to the region, where he met …

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• 5 September

  Russia and Iran Insist on Astana Process, Call for Lifting Sanctions

  

  Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart affirmed the necessity to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria, according to SANA.

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• 5 September

  Syria: More Than 154,000 Still Detained or Disappeared Since 2011

  

  The Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Tuesday that at least 154,398 Syrians arrested between March 2011 and August 2022 are still in detention or have been forcibly disappeared by the parties to the conflict and the controlling forces in their country, Anadolu has reported. That figure includes 5,161 …

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• 5 September

  US says oil contracts in Iraqi Kurdistan should be ‘respected’

  

  Some companies have pulled out of the autonomous region following pressure from the federal government, which considers the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports unconstitutional. The head of the US mission in Erbil met with a Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) official today to discuss the ongoing oil dispute in Iraq. Consul General …

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• 5 September

  Oman’s economy surges with higher oil prices, fiscal reform

  

  The Omani economy is benefiting from both higher oil and gas revenues and the country’s fiscal policies and discipline. Oman’s economy has enjoyed a strong first half to 2022 and the outlook for the rest of this year and 2023 is positive. The sultanate’s public finances have significantly improved compared …

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• 5 September

  Tehran FM demands ‘more robust’ US guarantees for nuclear deal

  

  Iranian news outlets are emphasizing the uncertainties facing the nuclear deal as the country’s top diplomat said more guarantees were still needed from the United States for the accord’s revival. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has demanded that Washington offer more robust guarantees for sanctions relief in negotiations over the …

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• 5 September

  Spirals of Delusion

  

  How AI Distorts Decision-Making and Makes Dictators More Dangerous In policy circles, discussions about artificial intelligence invariably pit China against the United States in a race for technological supremacy. If the key resource is data, then China, with its billion-plus citizens and lax protections against state surveillance, seems destined to …

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• 5 September

  Bénin-France : Patrice Talon en opération séduction au Medef

  

  Seul chef d’État africain à avoir été invité aux Rencontres des entrepreneurs de France (REF), le président béninois a multiplié les échanges avec les patrons. Objectif : les convaincre d’investir dans son pays. Le 30 août, face au patronat français, le discours de Patrice Talon a visiblement fait mouche devant …

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