... State Department. Iran's leadership is accused of violating the spirit of
JCPOA
and
Resolution 2331 of the UN Security Council
, calling to terminate the ballistic missile development program, and of aggressive politics in West Asia. Iran's actions in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen, as well as the support for Hezbollah and Hamas cause great indignation. There have been concerns about violation of human rights in Iranian prisons. On May 21, 2017, at the opening of the Arab-Islamic-American Summit in ...
... reconciling itself with the West through concessions and promises of improved behavior. In the words of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, appeasement of the West at the expense of Russian national interests is over.
On the contrary, Russia’s operation in Syria, which began in the fall of 2015, poses a fresh challenge to the U.S.-dominated order. Moscow has broken a post–Cold War U.S. monopoly on the global use of force and has staged a spectacular geopolitical comeback in a region it had abandoned in ...
In principle, the stated intention of the U.S. to work with Moscow toward a “unified Syria” does not contradict the Russian idea of creating de-escalation zones on the ground. The statement emphasizes the preferred political outcome of the Syrian conflict, which is to avoid redrawing borders and partitioning the country. The Kremlin ...
...
Jesper Vahr
, Ambassador of Denmark in Israel, and Peter Prehn-Olesen,
Counsellor for Political Affairs at Danish Embassy in Moscow, visited Russian
International Affairs Council. Danish diplomats discussed the following issues:
current situation in Syria and in the region around it, the role of Russia and
the European Union in Syrian crisis resolution, and pending issues of Israel
foreign policy and Russia-Israel relations
... touched upon the issues on developing strategic vision in terms of crises resolution in the Gulf countries and in the the Eastern Mediterranean. It was stated that the situation in Yemen deserves as much attention as the developments around Qatar and Syria.
The experts from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and from Moscow State Institute of International Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia also represented the Russian side. Ambassador Alexander ...
... the delegation shared their
vision on the Middle East issues
.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: the dynamics of social, economic, and political situation in the Middle East and North Africa; state and perspectives for Syrian conflict resolution; and opportunities for cooperation between Russia and the European Union in the region.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, Timur Makhmutov, RIAC Deputy Director of Programs, and Ruslan Mamedov, RIAC Program Assistant, represented ...
A closed meeting on Syrian settlement and the prospects of cooperation between Russia and the West in the Middle East and Northern Africa took place in RIAC July 24.
A closed meeting on Syrian settlement and the prospects of cooperation between Russia and the West in the ...
The Russia-US agreement on a de-escalation zone in southwestern Syria
Aleksandr Aksenenok:
In the Skies over Syria: Rivalry Instead of Coordinated Actions
The main result of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart, Donald Trump, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg ...
... which have grown too friendly. It appears that the future Saudi monarch has decided, as is his wont, to set the record straight.
When it comes to Russia, Riyadh is in two minds. On the one hand, serious differences remain between the two countries on Syria. On the other hand, both Riyadh and Moscow welcomed the change of power in Egypt in 2013 and continue to jointly support President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. In particular, there are reasons to believe that Egypt's massive procurement of Russian weapons ...
The American view on the Syrian crisis is largely one of confusion and uncertainty. Generally, we Americans have a difficult time rationalizing what America’s purpose in the conflict should be. Still, we generally believe that Russia’s involvement is an attempt by Putin to ...
