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Turkey, Syria accuse Israel of being reason for recent violence in Sweida
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Reports indicate that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and visiting Syrian foreign affairs official Asaad Hassan al-Shibani have blamed Israel for playing a key role in recent unrest in Sweida, a mainly Druze province in southern...
Iraq, Syria Plan to Revive Kirkuk–Baniyas Oil Pipeline
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN) Iraq and Syria took significant steps Tuesday toward reviving the Kirkuk–Baniyas oil pipeline, a critical energy link that has been dormant for nearly two decades, according to a statement from the Iraqi prime minister’s office. During a...
Syria will not participate in Paris negotiations due to its "separatist"
MENAFN
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August 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Syria’s interim government announced on Saturday that it will not participate in upcoming negotiations in Paris with the U.S.-supported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). This decision came after the SDF held a conference in Hasakah on...
Putin, Netanyahu Address Syria’s Stability, Iran Nuclear Issue in Call
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Monday, according to an official Kremlin announcement. During the call, Putin highlighted the critical need to maintain Syria’s unity,...
Turkish Foreign Minister Voices Concerns Over Syria’s Rising Ethnic Conflicts
MENAFN
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July 27, 2025
(MENAFN) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan voiced serious concerns about escalating conflicts in Syria, especially violent confrontations between Druze and Bedouin communities in the southern region. He warned these tensions could endanger...
Turkish FM voices concern about rising tensions in Syria
MENAFN
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July 26, 2025
(MENAFN) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan voiced serious concerns about escalating conflicts in Syria, particularly the clashes between Druze and Bedouin communities in the southern region, cautioning that such tensions threaten the country’s...
US Takes Credit for Israel, Syria Ceasefire Deal
MENAFN
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July 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa have reportedly agreed to a ceasefire proposal backed by the United States. This follows a series of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) airstrikes on the...
Turkey denies allegations of targeting Syrian Druze population
MENAFN
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July 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Türkiye has strongly denied recent allegations suggesting it is deliberately targeting Syria's Druze population. According to official statements, false and provocative reports claiming that Türkiye is taking hostile actions against the...
Trump’s unpredictable diplomacy of distraction mostly comes up empty
Middle East Institute
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August 14, 2025
All eyes this week are on Alaska, where US President Donald Trump will hold a pivotal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the Ukraine war. But the United States remains consumed by several domestic issues, including...
Hakan Fidan Urges YPG to Cease Threats
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan issued a stern warning on Wednesday to the YPG, urging them to immediately stop posing a danger to Türkiye and the surrounding region. During a joint press conference with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad...
Gulf Arabs fear Israel is becoming Goliath
Middle East Institute
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August 13, 2025
As the Trump administration pushes to expand the Abraham Accords in the Middle East and into the Caucasus and Central Asia, it overlooks a dramatic shift in perception across the Arab and Muslim world. Where once Israel might have been viewed as...
UN Security Council Denounces Escalation of Violence in Sweida
MENAFN
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August 11, 2025
(MENAFN) The United Nations Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned the recent attacks on civilians in Sweida, a predominantly Druze area in southern Syria. In a presidential statement, the council expressed profound concern over the spike...
UN security council denounces violence targeting civilians in Sweida
MENAFN
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August 11, 2025
(MENAFN) The United Nations Security Council issued a strong condemnation on Sunday against the recent violence targeting civilians in Sweida, a predominantly Druze area in southern Syria. In a presidential statement, the council voiced serious...
Jordan, Egypt Forge Deeper Cooperation Across Key Sectors
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN) The Jordanian-Egyptian Joint Higher Committee convened on Tuesday in Amman, with Jordanian Prime Minister Jafar Hassan and Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly leading efforts to intensify bilateral collaboration. According to a...
New bond reshapes Middle East
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN) Following the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, Syria entered a new and uncertain political era. Power shifted to a loose coalition of opposition groups, with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (banned in Russia) emerging as the leading...
Introducing the 2025 Fine Arts Work Center Scholarship Recipients
City of Boston
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July 30, 2025
This summer, six Boston-based poets and writers are spending a transformative week in Provincetown honing their craft, supported by a scholarship from the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the Fine Arts Work Center. Each summer, the Fine Arts...
Inflection point or continuing spiral in the Middle East?
Middle East Institute
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July 28, 2025
After almost two years of fighting in Gaza, and after the decimation of Hizballah, the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, and the 12-day Israeli-American war on Iran, the Middle East is in new strategic and political territory. Two...
Post-Oct. 7 divergent paths: Israel’s military maximalism and Saudi Arabia’s strategic de-escalation
Middle East Institute
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August 7, 2025
The Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, shattered Israel’s long-standing security paradigm, replacing limited deterrence with an ambitious campaign aimed at dismantling Hamas, confronting Hizballah and other Iranian proxies, and directly targeting...
Violent Druze-Bedouin Clashes Erupt in Sweida, Endangering Ceasefire
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Violent confrontations erupted Sunday between Druze militias and Bedouin tribal forces loyal to Syria’s interim government in Sweida’s rural areas, endangering an already fragile ceasefire, activists confirmed. According to the...
US Policy in the Middle East: Second Quarter 2025 Report Card
Middle East Institute
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August 1, 2025
I. Executive Summary This report is part of a regular, quarterly assessment that includes a report card with grades on five key policy areas based on the United States’ leading national security interests in the Middle East and priorities set by...