... Martini made an official visit to Riyadh to participate in the work of the World Tourism Organisation Committee for the Middle East.
Alexey Khlebnikov:
New US Administration Approach to Syria: How Different Could It Be?
The results of the presidential elections in Syria once again remind the Arab states that they will have to work with Bashar al-Assad and his government.
Obviously, Damascus is ready to forget old grievances. Among other things, Arab nationalist rhetoric is extremely important for the ruling Baath Party. On the eve of the elections, Assad’s adviser Busseina Shaaban ...
Interview with Aleksei Sarabyev
The Syrian presidential elections were held on June 3, 2014, with Bashar al-Assad emerging victorious.
Aleksei Sarabyev
, head of the Information and Publishing Department at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, talks to RIAC about how this will affect the internal political situation ...
Assad will remain. However, the devil, as always, is in the details
The Syrian crisis continues to occupy a central place in world politics, even as the events in Ukraine have become the primary focus. The presidential elections in Syria will essentially change nothing: their easily predictable results will confirm the legitimacy of the rule of Bashar al-Assad for those who recognize it, and serve as a bone of contention for those who consider his rule illegitimate. There is nothing contradictory in the fact that, as Russian officials have stated, while Moscow does not personally support Bashar ...
