Washington is Jumping with Joy, then Madness ... Always on the Margins of Astana!
“This attack should serve as the final nail in the Astana Format’s coffin. It is a format broken beyond all repair and we cannot return to it. We cannot entrust it with the vital work of establishing a new ceasefire.”
The Comedic Play Starring the Trio: Jeffrey, Malley, and Jolani
The statements exchanged between Russia and Turkey regarding Idlib occupy the greater part of the current political-media scene relating to Syria. This includes a sweeping flood of “analyses” that hopes for the end of the Astana and Sochi tracks, an…
About Idlib and the “Russian-Turkish Dispute”
Today, the situation in Idlib and military operations there, as well as the humanitarian situation, are at the forefront; something that is normal and expected.
Washington’s Agenda: One Item… No Solution!
Those who have been following James Jeffrey’s statements and moves since he took office as US special envoy to Syria (August 2018), can assert that his “busy” agenda consists of just one item and one mission: sabotaging everything that the Russians…
“Deal of the Century” and the American Black Hole
Physicists define black holes, in a simplified manner, as regions in time and space having very large mass and compressed within small volumes. Thus, they have enormous gravitational force, where they swallow anything that comes near within gravitat…
Thank You, James Jeffrey!
“We [the United States] recognize that there are terrorists in Idlib. There’s also a very large group, the al-Nusra or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, HTS, that is an al-Qaida offshoot. It is considered a terrorist organization, but it is primarily focu…
Three Years Since the Astana Talks Started… Where is it Now?
Three years ago, more specifically the 23rd and 24th of January 2017, the first meeting of the Astana talks took place in the Kazakh capital, sponsored by each of Russia, Turkey, and Iran.
Stopping the Collapse: 2254!
The plunge of the Syrian pound (SYP) to foreign currencies exchange rate continues at an unprecedented pace over the nine years of the crisis. While the price was revolving around 600 SYP to the dollar during the month of August (2019), it recently…
The American Internal Division is not only American!
No two people can disagree on the impact of the various US policies on developments taking place all over the world, and in every spot thereof. Likewise, it is clear said policies appear, at least lately, as an outcome of a fierce internal struggle…
Russian Foreign Ministry Press Release on the Meeting of Bogdanov and Jamil
The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a press release today on the meeting between Mr. Mikhail Bogdanov and the head of the Moscow Platform of the Syrian opposition Dr. Kadri Jamil. It reads as follows: