Monthly Archives: January 2012

Kidnapped Iranians in exchange for the 49 arrested Turkish intel officers in Syria

News reports cir­cu­lated by Aljazzera said that the Free Syr­ian Army kid­napped Ira­ni­ans in Syria (Iran and Syria say that the kid­napped are engi­neers). Later the so called “Free Syr­ian Army” denied the report See­ing that the Russ­ian jour­nal­ist who … Con­tinue read­ing

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Saudi Arabia bargains with Russia over Syria

For how long Rus­sia can resist the Al offers? Observers expect that Rus­sia will not resist the offers to change its on Syr­ian file in the Secu­rity Coun­cil .. Espe­cially after the long waited Saudi Ara­bia to join the anti-Assad … Con­tinue read­ing

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Al-Iraqiya ends parliament boycott, a new split?

With “Iraqiya List” deci­sion to back to the par­lia­ment and still boy­cotting the Govt, it seems that Ayad Allawi’s Coali­tion decided to go to the par­lia­men­tary oppo­si­tion. This deci­sion will be announced within the com­ing days, but the List will … Con­tinue read­ing

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Arab forces to Syria? The mistake of 1976 once again

Image above from the head­line of the Guardian 1976 Race against time before the com­ing Arab Sum­mit in Bagh­dad next March (Three GCC coun­tries Saudi Ara­bia, Qatar and Bahrain are already plot­ting to post­pone the Sum­mit, accord­ing to to Al-Seyassah). … Con­tinue read­ing

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A threat of a Sunni-Kurdish confederation or a test balloon?

Another Turkish-Iraqi ties hec­tic day as Iraq sum­moned the Turk­ish ambas­sador to express unease over Turkey’s poli­cies towards Iraq, while Ankara and Irbil become closer as Turkey’s most senior diplo­mat held unan­nounced meet­ing with Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kur­dis­tan … Con­tinue read­ing

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How Syria, Iraq and Russia tricked the Arab League and the Anti-Assad camp!

On Wednes­day, Decem­ber 14, Qatar, who chairs the Pres­i­dency of the Arab League (the pres­i­dency will end in March this year and goes to Iraq) decided to trans­fer the Syr­ian unrest to the UN-Security Coun­cil after Dam­as­cus refused to sign … Con­tinue read­ing

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Iraqi Kurds play untraditional regional game in the struggle for power in Syria

Using every oppor­tu­nity to seize the power to their side play­ing the king­maker role, Iraqi Kur­dish Coali­tion right now plays a deci­sive role in future of Maliki’s gov­ern­ment, but on the regional arena and look­ing to Syria, the Iraqi Kurds … Con­tinue read­ing

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Qatar’s next target, Mauritania

A visit from the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad, and every­thing went accord­ing to the plan, Qatar and Mau­ri­ta­nia singed at least 12 agree­ment to boost ties between both coun­tries. But things went ugly when the Sheikh Hamad of Qatar … Con­tinue read­ing

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