... problems and disagreements. For some Mashriq countries, this approach is particularly important because it is the opposite of the United States. The history of the 21
st
century knows many examples of China’s definite support in sensitive issues of the Syrian, Iraqi and Lebanese reality. For example, China, together with Russia, has repeatedly
vetoed
unacceptable projects directed against Syria or its government when voting in the UN Security Council, and China openly
spoke out
against any external intervention in Iraq in 2019.
On the other hand,...
... approach is in many ways a response to the threats to Russia emanating from the Middle Eastern region, especially considering the proliferation of the Jabhat al-Nusra (Al Nusra Front, or al-Qaeda) and so-called Islamic State terrorist organisations in Syria and Iraq. These groups also threaten China’s security, recruiting fighters both domestically and from Russia (as well as from existing terrorist organisations such as the Caucasus Emirate and the Turkistan Islamic Party).
The question of the possible return of foreign terrorist fighters ...
... terms in the aftermath. Then, in early April 2017, the U.S. fired 59 cruise missiles at Syrian airbase on grounds that the Syrian military had allegedly used chemical weaponry... ... treaties be updated or expanded to include other states, such as the European states and China?
Washington is also in the process of modernizing its tactical nuclear weapons... ... and Europeans deal with the conflict between Turkey, Syria and the Kurds, and between Iraq and the Kurds, given Turkish, Syrian, and Iraqi option to the possibility that...