9 August 2019
A quick English summary of our Arabic news coverage this week.
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A quick English summary of our Arabic news coverage this week.
A quick English summary of our Arabic news coverage this week.
Friday’s summit in Tehran brings together the Iranian, Russian, and Turkish presidents to settle Idlib’s fate—and declare their tripartite tutelage over the country.
Russia, Iran, and Turkey have now clearly delineated their zones of control in northern Syria, and are looking next to re-open the international highway extending from Turkey to Jordan.
Russia hints it will press Iran to leave Syria, in line with recently renewed Israeli and American demands. But serious doubts remain as to whether a forced Iranian withdrawal is even possible, let alone likely.
The Syrian opposition's regional backers may be willing to submit to a Pax Russica, but the opposition's boycott in Sochi showed they themselves are anything but.