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Al-Monitor/Premise poll: Majority in Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia on edge over food access

January 19, 2023 by M Barbu

In an exclusive poll in five countries across the Middle East and North Africa, 68% majority of the population worried about their ability to access food.

It was soaring food prices that sparked the popular uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, but it is unprecedented increases in food and energy prices since the outbreak of Russia’s war in Ukraine last February that now have a 68% majority of the population in Egypt, Turkey, Yemen, Tunisia and Iraq worried about their ability to access food in the coming months, according to an Al-Monitor/Premise poll.

Saudi-US Partnership On Energy ‘Key To Global Recovery,’ FM Prince Faisal Tells WEF

January 19, 2023 by M Barbu

The “strong partnership” between Saudi Arabia and the US in ensuring energy market stability will be a key factor in global economic recovery, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Kingdom’s foreign minister, told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday.

Iraq’s Sadr indicates return to politics in public prayer session

January 18, 2023 by M Barbu

Muqtada al-Sadr organized a public prayer on Friday, making a comeback to politics after months of silence.

Following months of silence, Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for his supporters to hold a unified Friday prayer today in Baghdad and a number of other cities.

Syrian refugees in Turkey watch uneasily as Erdogan warms to Assad

January 18, 2023 by M Barbu

Syrians in Turkey are wary of losing refuge as the Turkish President eyes dialogue with Assad

Turkey’s bid to reconcile with the Syrian government has left many Syrian refugees in the country on tenterhooks as Ankara faces pressure to cut a deal with Damascus on the return of the Syrians amid rising anti-refugee sentiment in a critical election year.

Syrian Kurdish commander wants peace with Turkey, but will ‘fully’ resist attack

January 18, 2023 by M Barbu

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Syrian Democratic Forces head Mazlum Kobane said he expects a Turkish attack in February, and warned Ankara should not punish Syria’s Kurds over its own failure to resolve its own domestic issues.

Iran boosts air defense deliveries for Syria: Report

January 17, 2023 by M Barbu

Iran has significantly stepped up its air defense systems deployment to Syria over the past two years, according to a 10 January report released by Newsweek citing an anonymous intelligence official from “a nation allied” with Washington.

As part of this boost in the supply of defense technology to Damascus, the report states that these deliveries include the latest generation of the locally produced Iranian Bavar-373 system and are aimed at helping Syria curb illegal Israeli airstrikes in its territory.

Putin to provide Turkiye with free grain, flour to send to African countries: Erdogan

January 17, 2023 by M Barbu

On 8 January, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkiye is determined to send flour and grain to African states through the Black Sea corridor.

He added that the Russian President Vladimir Putin assured Ankara that Russia would be able to provide grain for free on the condition that it is delivered to underdeveloped countries in Africa.

Turkiye-Syria talks fuel jihadist relocation to Ukraine: Report

January 17, 2023 by M Barbu

As the prospect of a rapprochement between Ankara and Damascus becomes more imminent, the most extreme elements of Syria’s armed opposition have been feeling a sting of betrayal, accelerating a trend that, over the past year, has seen many jihadists relocate to Ukraine.

A Moscow meeting shatters fantasies of a Syrian ‘confederation’

January 17, 2023 by M Barbu

The newly-initiated Syrian-Turkish rapprochement talks are headed in Damascus’ favor and the “Turkish concessions” derided by opponents are just the start, insiders tell The Cradle.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already abandoned his dream of “praying in the Umayyad Mosque” in Damascus. But sources say this will be swiftly followed by further concessions that will throw a wrench into the ambitions of Syria’s opposition factions.

Islamic State (ISIS) In 2022: Growing Threat Continuing Into 2023

January 16, 2023 by M Barbu

The Islamic State (ISIS) jihadi group, which grew out of Al-Qaeda in Iraq during the first two decades of the 21st century and expanded into Syria following the outbreak of the ongoing civil war there, has remained an international jihadi militant organization despite the loss of its territory in Iraq and Syria.