Stealing Innocence: The Theft of Refugee Children in Sweden
In fact, on October 16, 2021, Swedish TV Channel aired a segment on the sexual abuse of Syrian refugee children, including instances of rape of children by their Swedish legal guardian.
Turkey-Saudi Normalization: A Larger Regional Bloc at the Door?
A Saudi-Turkish political alignment has a potential to give Ankara considerable regional weight in settling three hotspot files: Syria, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Egypt.
What Does the Current Ukraine Crisis Mean for Stockholm?
New-generation leaders of both social democrats and center right-wing moderates have confronted such problems as the West continued to make geopolitical and military mistakes in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, and elsewhere around the Mediterranean and the Near East.
What Awaits Lebanon Following Hariri’s Step-down from Politics
It appears that the Lebanese Sunni leaders understand that now is not the time for petty politics amongst them, especially during an extremely sensitive phase where Iran sits and negotiates with the United States in Vienna not only regarding its nuclear program but also its influence in the region, and while the world is starting to show signs of reconsideration of policies towards the Syrian regime, despite its track record of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Kurdish Voices from Afrin Unheard in Western Media
Syrian Kurds who fled Afrin in 2018 with the YPG/PKK are now returning to Afrin from the Shahba region, controlled by the YPG/SDF, and the Syrian regime-held Aleppo and Erbil.
Are China and Russia Near a Full-Blown Alliance?
From Syria in the Middle East, to Venezuela in South America to Mali in West Africa and beyond, Russia’s military influence has increased to the extent that, in September 2021, Moscow signed military cooperation agreements with Africa’s two most populous nations, Nigeria and Ethiopia, challenging the traditional dominance of the US and France on the African continent.
UAE Foreign Policy: Good Neighborliness for Now?
The new pragmatism of the UAE foreign policy resulted from the Emirati decision-makers’ abandonment of a proactive foreign policy and military interventions in Syria, Yemen, and Libya.
Wagner Group Strengthens Its Hold in Africa
Syria and Libya were two countries where Russia's involvement in civil wars and alleged employment of Wagner Group proxies were most visible.
Will the United States See Russia’s Bluff in Ukraine?
Always vocal about its resentment of Western meddling in post-Soviet states, Russia has also taken direct action to assert itself on numerous occasions including in Georgia, Ukraine, and Syria.
Can the Greek Strategy of Counterbalancing Turkey Work?
These UAVs and UCAVs are Turkey’s strong trump card: they are battle-proven and have proven to be game changers in conflict zones such as Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Libya.
How Intelligence Agencies Turned into Foreign Policy Tools
For example, during these military operations, PKK militants and sympathizers made great efforts to serve the world public opinion fake news on social media that the TAF killed, tortured, and forced innocent civilians to migrate within Syria.
Unclear Fate of Desperate Migrants in Belarus
As a result, in the last few months, nearly 2,000 refugees, mostly from Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan, have been trapped between Belarus and Poland.
Macron, the Gulf, and Islam
Finally, Macron’s visit shows that France can still be an actor in the Gulf and the Middle East, and can defend its interests there; however, its weight is limited, especially in the regional conflicts (Iran, Syria, Palestine, Yemen), not only when compared with the United States, but also with regional powers such as Turkey, Iran, or Russia.
“Racism is not an opinion, it is a criminal act!” – An Interview with Tareq Alaows on Political Representation in Germany
Politics Today interviewed Tareq Alaows about his experience as a Syrian refugee in Germany and the political participation and representation of refugees in Germany.
The Myth of Apolitical China: Why the West Refuses to Accept China’s Superpower Status
in parts of the Middle East, Africa, and South America - in Syria, Libya and Venezuela respectively - as China moved in to fulfill a much larger economic role, branding itself as a fair partner, especially if compared to western powers.
“We Have a Pro-Palestinian Lobby in Latin America” – Interview with Simán Khoury
Are they “sons who lost their mothers,” as a poet once put it? Do they maintain their ties to Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, the lands of their ancestors? Yousef M.
Russian Brinkmanship in Ukraine
Most recently, Ukraine deployed Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones, which proved useful for reconnaissance flights and shooting strategic targets in the recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in Syria, and in Libya.
Fleeing the Nazis as a Child, Lord Alf Dubs Fights for the Safety of Child Refugees
Let’s say a Syrian boy in France could apply to join his parents if so in England, which was passed in 2017 against some government opposition.
Germany Made Its Decision: No Future for the Far Right?
In 2015, intense immigration to Europe from Middle Eastern countries, primarily Syria, and Germany's reception of approximately 1.
Saudi-Turkish Relations: A Possible Breakthrough?
Read: GCC-Damascus Rapprochement Can Pit Syria Against Turkey Even FurtherIn the last few years, Riyadh's regional influence, role, and image have been partly eroded by the war in Yemen, the blockade against Qatar, the Khashoggi murder, and the vulnerabilities against Iran's proxy attacks.
