Category: Middle East
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Xi Jinping visits Saudi Arabia and participates in the first China-Arab States Summit and the first China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit

Author: Marián Šeliga Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter of oil to China and China is the largest trade partner of Saudi Arabia. The visit of Xi Jinping to Saudi Arabia comes two months after Riyadh angered USA by advocating big oil-production cut within OPEC+ organization. The Chinese president’s three-day state visit to Saudi Arabia in…
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Putin meets with Erdogan. Escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh and Turkey’s “diplomatic victory” on Syria

Photo by: http://www.trtworld.com Author: Marián Šeliga Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi on August 5 to discuss a number of issues important both in terms of developing mutual bilateral relations as well as in the international context. As a result of marathon talks, both leaders agreed to strengthen…
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Иранская ядерная программа «выжила» после взрыва в Натанзе?

Фотография: DW Как стало известно, 11 апреля 2021 года на основном объекте иранской ядерной программы – заводе по обогащению урана в городе Натанз – прогремел мощный взрыв, за которым последовал крупномасштабный сбой в электросети завода. Всего несколько часов спустя после сообщения об аварии на заводе, вице-президент Ирана по атомной энергетике Али Акбар Салехи заявил, что произошедшее на заводе…
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George Soros puts blame on Russia in Idlib crisis. Turkey is innocent and the Brussels should stand with Ankara over Putin’s crimes. Short comment by International Insider.
Background: On March 4, the article written by George Soros titled “Europe must stand with Turkey over Putin’s war crimes in Syria” was published in Financial Times. Although George Soros is fighting for democracy all over the world, there were no commentaries allowed under his article in FT. As we stated in the previous article…
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Turkey escalates conflict in Syria and opens its borders for thousands of migrants flooding to Europe. What is the response of the international community?

Background information: Civil war in Syria has been raging for 9 years now, but in comparison with other authoritarian regimes in the region, Bashar Assad seems to be the only of the regional rulers who has maintained top office in his country. Regimes in Libya, Tunis, Egypt, Yemen fell, but Assad’s regime continues to fight…
