WORLD-Middle East

This week two senior diplomats with the Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) spoke in a panel discussion that was part of the 2019 Ministerial meeting on International Religious Freedom hosted by the US State Department.

The Libyan army announced on Sunday that it shot down a Turkish drone in Tripoli. 

The British Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that it would send military reinforcements to the Gulf due to increased risk.

Libyan National Army forces are preparing to launch massive attack on Tripoli and called on the capital's youth to prepare for the hour of zero.

Iranian naval guards forced an Algerian oil tanker to change its course towards Iranian territorial waters as it tried to cross the Strait of Hormuz.

Britain sent a letter to the Security Council on Iran's abduction of its oil tanker, saying that the Iranian action against the tanker was an illegal interference

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Iran was taking a dangerous route after being seized by a British-flagged tanker, saying Iran's moves were a clear challenge to international navigation.

The writer Igor A. Matveev wrote an article to Al-Monitor Website in which he talked about recent contacts between the leaderships of Russia and the United States at the G-20 summit in Osaka and the tripartite Israel-Russia-United States national security meeting in Jerusalem were followed by dynamic “diplomatic traffic” in Damascus.

On Saturday morning, the Arab newspapers focused on harassment faced of the Syrian refugees in Turkey by Erdogan's government after years of welcoming,

Arab newspapers today followed news of the participation of Russian troops in the Idlib battles, highlighted the new US strategy for dealing with Turkey

Argentine authorities on Thursday decided to freeze Hezbollah's assets in the country and classified the Lebanese group, blamed for two attacks on its territory, a "terrorist organization."

The White House said on Wednesday that Turkey's decision to buy the S-400 missile defense system makes it impossible to continue its participation in the F-35 fighter program. The US Defense Department has also informed Turkish pilots trained in the United States that they must leave by July 31,.

Turkey reiterated its intention to continue its activities on the exploration of hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, noting that the decisions taken by the European Union against these activities would not affect its work on the island of Cyprus.

Italian police seized a variety of weapons, belonging to groups described as extreme right, and arrested three people, including a former candidate for the Senate of the fascist "Forza Nuova party".

XWashington has granted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif a visa to attend UN meeting, but has prevented him from moving beyond six blocks from the headquarters of the Iranian mission to the United Nations in New York.

There have been a number of positions opposing Turkey's acceptance of the S-400 system, while US lawmakers are warning Turkey against sanctions on it

Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to a nuclear deal in 2015 that it pulled out of last year, Iranian President Hassan Rohani said in a speech on state television on Sunday.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi denied that Tehran received any US message through Russia to negotiate at the level of foreign ministers.