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US Revamps its North-Syria ‘Steal Oil Mission’

While a US company has secured rights in north Syria to drill and export Syrian oil, stepping up the US president Trump’s policy of ‘protecting the oil’ for the Syrians, this is being followed by a transfer of additional US troops from Iraq to Syria, indicating how the US policies are at the heart of permanently dividing Syria between an ‘oil-rich and oil-starved’ regions...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Erdogan Brings his ‘Ottoman Ambitions’ to the Middle East

When Turkey’s Erdogan recently hosted Hamas leaders, including the US-designated ‘terrorist’ and ‘wanted’ leaders of the Palestinian resistance, it did not ring bells in Jerusalem, Abu Dhabi or Riyadh. On the contrary, Erdogan’s meeting illustrated how Turkey is planning to respond to the new regional configuration which puts Israel at the heart...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Middle East: Tensions Remain High

In a desperate attempt to gain some semblance of an advantage before the presidential election, US President Donald Trump, who is currently trailing his opponent from the Democratic party by 5-7%, decided to play the only trump card he has left – by sending his political “special operatives” to the Middle East. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Donald...

Viktor Mikhin

Troop Withdrawal from Iraq isn’t an ‘American Retreat’

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Crisis in Eastern Mediterranean Deepens

Vladimir Odintsov

Implications of Trump’s ‘Snap Back’ Fiasco

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Growing Discontent with GNA’s Policies in Libya Reaches Critical Levels

Vladimir Platov

US Forced to Flee Afghanistan, Iraq and Now Syria

Valery Kulikov

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