Brussels 08.01.2025 The EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas, will travel to Rome, Italy, on 9-10 January, to participate in the Quint meeting on Syria. The Quint is an informal political decision-making group formed by the United States and the Big Four of Western Europe – France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. The meeting, hosted…
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UN-Syria and Migration Crisis
Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann, Geopolitician A constitutional committee on Syria was created at the end of September 2019. This committee comes from the UN Security Council Resolution 2254 adopted at the end of 2015. This committee has 150 members (50 chosen by the government, 50 by the opposition and 50 by the UN among civil society). The objective…
Germany: refugee status implications
Refugees who return to Syria for holidays might lose their status in Germany, the Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told the Bild newspaper. The measure is taken based on the situation of some newcomers simultaneously claim to be fleeing persecution there, and returning to spend summer time. ‘Syrian refugees that regularly spend holidays at home can’t…
UAE reopens Embassy in Damascus
The United Arab Emirates reopens its embassy in Damascus on December 27, the Syrian Information ministry said, a move that would mark an achievement of Syrian diplomacy, and President Bashar al-Assad. The embassy has been shut since the early months of the Syrian conflict which erupted in 2011, and Arab state have chosen to support…
US strikes Syria without UN mandate
The images have emerged on social media showing the presumed results of the strikes of Damascus by the US, and allies. Syrian state TV reported that Syria’s missile defenses shot down 13 missiles south of the capital. US official says tonight's strikes targeted three sites: – A scientific research center in Damascus – A chemical…
Merkel rejects military action against Assad
Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed Germany’s position on Syria crisis, explaining that Germany stood ready to assist its allies, but militarily. Chancellor Angela Merkel's rejection of a Syrian deployment is the latest instance of Berlin's reluctance to get involved in foreign military missions, a tradition rooted in history https://t.co/YSiAJ97iz2 pic.twitter.com/PB2fzxA8EE — DW News (@dwnews) April 12,…
Johnson refuses rebuild Syria under Al-Assad rule
The United States, the UK and the allies opposing to President Bashar al-Assad will not support the reconstruction of Syria until there is a political transition “away from Assad,” British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said. In NYC for #UN General Assembly week, a valuable opportunity to get together & address global challenges. @UKUN_NewYork @UKinNewYork —…
Assad believs Trump is a puppet
Syrian President Bashar Assad believes that the inhabitant of White House plays the assigned to him role, and is not independent, the policy pursued by Donald Trump illustrates this observation. This statement Assad made during an interview with Indian journalists in Damascus, extracts from which were published by the Syrian authorities. According to Assad, Trump…
Tillerson’ voyage to Moscow
Anna van Densky OPINION It does not make much sense to discuss the possible outcome of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s (pictured) first visit to Moscow, because the new US administration was not given an opportunity to work out their political strategy, or even modify the concept of the Obama’s administration. From the moment of the…
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