... principally Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, otherwise known as HTS (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, associated with al-Qaeda, banned in the Russian Federation).
Humanitarian aid vs. sanctions
Igor Matveev:
Syrian Idlib: What’s Next?
According to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, more than 70% of the ... ... Ankara, Washington and a number of Western countries need to extend the mechanism of cross-border operations in Idlib through Turkey. Syria itself, as well as the states supporting it, including Russia, believe that all the necessary humanitarian aid can ...
... Damascus uses as an outlet to the world market, discord in the elite, as well as new sanctions are named.
Alexey Khlebnikov:
The Future of Humanitarian Aid Delivery to Syria: What is Russia’s Rationale?
With the
signing
of the “Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act”... ... US-President, the American policy towards Syria is becoming increasingly irreversible. The USA seem to be satisfied with the “freezing” of the situation while maintaining... ... for several reasons, the most important of which is the regional confrontation with Turkey. An arc of instability across the Mediterranean, in which Turkey and the UAE...
Russian foreign policy is a kind of a reactive foreign policy which is trying to respond ... ... Russia and the major players are not perfect to put it mildly.
“Russia is under sanctions from the US and the European Union,” he said. “Russia has very... ... complicated relations with its neighbors in the West and has a crisis in relations with Turkey.”
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