Syria is on the brink of recovery as Saudi Arabia plans to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the Arab League summit in Riyadh on May 19. Syria is on the brink of recovery as…
Category: The Central Asia, Middle East, and North Africa Region
Saudi Arabia’s recent reconciliations with Iran and Syria under Chinese-Russian guidance is perceived as a step toward reducing Riyadh’s dependence on the US, while also advancing Beijing and Moscow’s political and economic influence in West…
The Beijing-brokered rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh is expected to have significant implications for peace and prosperity in and around West Asia, given the considerable influence the two nations wield in the region. The China-mediated…
Opening of the signing ceremony in Beijing. From left to right: Saudi National Security Advisor Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban; the Director of China’s Central Foreign Office, Wang Yi; the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National…
Destruction, social devastation and the loss of life. Our thoughts are with the people of Turkey and Syria. Introduction The latest reports point to a death toll in Turkey and Syria well in excess of 50,000,…
Večernje Novosti (VN): You are the first politician in Europe who, as early as February 8, in the Romanian Parliament stated the strange events surrounding the earthquake in Turkey. Please repeat those observations for the…
Iran would not passively suffer the blows but would seek the opportunity to immediately transfer the conflict to the aggressor’s territory and this is something Iranian generals can surely achieve. Nasser Kan’ani, Iranian Foreign Ministry…
There is no doubt that were Israel threatened with the forced implementation of even something as fundamentally just and decent as a two-state solution they would resort to using nuclear bombs. They are dead-set on…
Russian-brokered Syrian-Turkish rapprochement will bury prospects of a divided Syria, with the potential for opposition factions to be co-opted into the armed forces. The newly-initiated Syrian-Turkish rapprochement talks are headed in Damascus’ favor and the…
The Cradle’s writers offer up their predictions for 2023. The common theme is massive global shifts, some good, some bad. Predictions are a notoriously painful exercise. In the world of geopolitics, especially during a time…