Before talking about the new sanctions law and its objectives, it is worth recalling that American sponsorship of the drug trade in South America, Afghanistan, and other parts of the world is proven not only by political facts, but also by the confessions of American officials. Perhaps the most prominent of these is the role of the CIA in the drug trade in Colombia, and financing itself and its dirty operations from that trade. Likewise, under the American occupation in particular, Afghanistan went from producing 5-10% of the global opium to producing 90% of it.

Over the last few months, talk of a Syrian-Turkish reconciliation or a settlement of relations between the two countries occupied a great deal of space in the media and politically. Kassioun has covered in a number of articles and editorials different aspects of this subject. In this article, we look extensively at the most prominent points raised by Kassioun about the dimensions of any Syrian-Turkish reconciliation. We will also ponder its potential implications and the role it could play within the framework of the general solution to the Syrian file with its various dimensions, and in relation to the full implementation of UNSC Resolution 2254.

The Arab region and the Middle East have always been arenas for Western projects, especially American-British-Zionist. Perhaps the most important of them is the “Greater Middle East Project” expressed by Shimon Peres in his book, which is not disconnected from what we will discuss in this article (we will devote a later article to comparison between the theoretical presentation in the Peres project and the practical applications that we are witnessing).

The year 2019 witnessed an important turning point in the Syrian crisis track. By the end of that particular year, almost three years had passed since the Astana process started, which had achieved, in principle, a comprehensive ceasefire.

Although the discussion of the two terms of centralization and decentralization in the new Syria has taken a back seat a little, and is no longer as hot of a topic as it was years ago (and perhaps this is better so discussions move in more objective and sustainable directions), the topic in its essence is still hot and important. One could even say that the time for serious preparations to discuss it and reach understandings about it is dwindling, given the amount and speed of the ongoing changes.

The Century Foundation, an American think tank based in New York, published on the fourth of this month a report titled “Syrian Prisoner Amnesty Could be a Breakthrough if Damascus is Ready to do More”.

The following report is divided into two parts: the first is a look at how “Israeli” and Western media has over the past few days dealt with the decision to stop the work of the “Jewish Agency” in Russia, and the second includes an attempt to present an explanatory approach to the issue, on the basis of the international and regional context in which it is taking place.

During an interview with him on German channel ZDF, and in response to one of the questions, Kissinger said: “giving up Ukrainian territory should not be one of the conditions we can accept”.

It may seem an extreme luxury to talk these days about a “national security theory” for Syria. The way countries and peoples formulate their national security theories usually takes place in a long-term cumulative manner, and takes into account a large number of internal and external factors. These factors include economic security with its many variables, social security, and the security of the near and far borders. Thus, including regional and international positioning, and the nature of relations with the near and far neighbors, including hard and soft tools to maintain that security: military, economic, political, diplomatic, cultural, etc.

The process of ending the wide-spread military conflicts in Syria, a process that was managed by the Astana track, included ending several “contact lines”, as well as fixing other lines as “temporary” lines to be removed by a comprehensive political solution.