I don’t think that Turkey has made a general change in its Syria policy, I think that these moves are seen as a necessity to respond to domestic pressure
Media mentions – Syria / Iraq / Lebanon
Michael Tanchum explores US concerns about food shortages, highlighting the risks Lebanon faces with wheat
By flooding the country with arms and foreign fighters, Western leaders could be paving the way for future conflicts, writes Tarek Megerisi in his op-ed
I don’t think we will see many Syrian or Libyan mercenaries in Donbas. It is also doubtful that they would be useful to the Russians.
Julien Barnes-Dacey comments on the alleged dispatch of Libyan and Syrian mercenaries to support Russian troops in Ukraine
In these countries, affordable bread for the working masses is a social contract,
Michael Tanchum explains food shortages in the Middle East as an effect of Russia’s war on Ukraine
By taking effective action, we can transform the possibility of catastrophe into an opportunity for a new win-win cooperation,
Michaël Tanchum’s article ‘Lebanon Running Out of Time to Avert Starvation‘ features on the frontpage
I don’t think that IS is now succeeding in actively recruiting new members
The question is to which extent old members are still regrouping in the Iraqi and Syrian desert, or whether freed IS prisoners are re-joining the group
Basically, these are two failed states. This circumstance provides IS with enough opportunities for retreat and allows it to exploit local grievances for its own purposes.
The big problem is the governance and security vacuum in Syria and Iraq, says Julien Barnes-Dacey