... also been hit by the negative consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, compounded by an unstable situation in neighbouring Lebanon. And, just as in the dry 2000s, these challenges have been aggravated by natural disasters, with earthquakes and forest fires raging across the country.
Violation of Territorial Integrity: A Brake on Restoration
Aqeel Saeed Mahfoud:
What Do the Syrian People Expect from Russia?
Even though government forces managed to win back half of "Greater Idlib," which includes Idlib itself and the ...
The seminar was divided into two sessions: "Political instability in Lebanon and Iraq: View from Russia and Israel" and "Libya: between Turkey, Egypt and others?"
On July 28, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the Center for Political Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, with the support ...
... mainly in Tripoli, unless an agreement is reached among militant groups in addition to Turkey, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, the USA and Russia. The impeachment process of US President Donald Trump and the US role in the MENA region would determine the future of conflicts in many countries starting from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya and the future government in Lebanon, Iraq and Algeria, Turkey and Iran. It is also expected that many MENA capitals will witness protests that would change ...
... foreign partner universities, creating effective international research teams and joint educational programmes; 3) increasing the number of projects for developing the joint results of intellectual activities and introducing them into the economies of Russia, Syria and Lebanon.” As Mr. Zaichikov noted, “promoting Russian science and education abroad is a key instrument of soft power. The results of work in this area are not immediate, yet they are less dependent on the changes in the current foreign political situation....
On September 17, 2019, Beirut hosted a seminar “Inside Syria: The Implications Of An Endless Crisis" as part of regional meetings and preparation for the “Mediterranean Dialogues” ... ... (ISPI).
The meeting was opened by Maha Yahya, Director of the Carnegie Middle East Center, Massimo Marotti, Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, and Valeria Talbot, Co-Director of the ISPI Center for Middle East and North Africa. About 40 experts from leading global ...
... organized by Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Omran Center for Strategic Studies on the Syrian restoration.
On April 24–25, 2019, in Beirut, RIAC representatives took... ... European, Middle Eastern, and American research centers, NGOs, EU and the UN agencies in Lebanon. The key topics included the general framework of the economic course of recovery... ...
Alexander Aksenyonok, RIAC Vice President, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia, presented the Russian view on the challenges of economic recovery in Syria....
... President’s announcement are particularly interesting (link in Arabic). Meanwhile, Russia will maintain a presence, as well as military bases, in the country as part of military cooperation. This will necessarily involve a lot of manoeuvring on the part of Russia in its contacts with Israel and Hezbollah.
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. Shebaa Farms is a disputed territory located between Syria, Lebanon and Israel. The reason for the dispute is the fact that the border between Lebanon and Syria has never been demarcated. The United Nations and Israel consider Shebaa Farms a part of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, while Lebanon claims that ...
... of the Russian and Lebanese approaches” in relation to confronting the threat of terrorism (
MFA of Russia, 25.09.2015
). In Munich, the emphasis was put on the Russian principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of both Lebanon and Syria, and on the fact that Russia and Lebanon adhere to the principles of the Geneva Communiqué issued on June 30, 2012 on the Syrian political and diplomatic settlement (
MFA of Russia, 07.02.2015
).
Russia’s current diplomatic efforts in the Lebanese direction concentrate on ...
