Region: Middle East

Syria’s return to the League of Arab States (LAS) will remain symbolic unless economic relations are restored, at least on a regional scale...

The West believes the decision to cut oil production undermines the Western economies, thus denying OPEC+ nations the right to pursue their own economic interests

In the midst of growing anti-American, anti-NATO and anti-Western sentiments in Turkey, the development of collaboration with Russia in all areas looks a win-win option

Whatever happened to Baghdad, it’d always rise from the ashes—through human effort

The army is one of the main subjects of the Egyptian economy

Friendly countries are still unlikely to be ready to act as “black knights” in the form which was acceptable in the 20th century. Russia must first of all rely on its own forces

China has effectively coped with its role of facilitator, but now the country will have to enforce the agreements reached

On March 27, 2023, with the assistance of The Shaikh Group political consultancy, the ordinary virtual expert meeting on security issues in the regions of the Middle East and North Africa took place

While Assad’s visit to Moscow did not yield breakthrough agreements, it confirmed the importance of the Syrian dossier for Russia, contrary to the claims that Moscow is slackening its focus on Syria

On March 23, 2023, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS) held an online joint round table on “Russia-China Cooperation in the Middle East: New Dynamics and New Opportunities”

On March 15, 2023, The Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Qatar, held an international conference in a hybrid format on the implications of security crisis in Europe on the situation in the Middle East region

The war in Syria has shown that a military solution to the conflict is doomed to fail, and establishing political peace seems almost the only probable way to resolve the conflict