Lavrov in Damascus On September 7, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Damascus. This was the first visit of Lavrov to Syria since February 2012. As UWI wrote, “in his statements in Damascus, Lavrov emphasized the importance and success of the Astana process and the necessity of focusing on a common goal”. https://uwidata.com/13799-winning-thanks-to-the-astana-process-experts-comment-on-lavrovs-visit-to-damascus/ According to experts interviewed by UWI, ...

Serbian and Kosovo leaders to Trump Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti signed an agreement on normalizing economic relations in Washington on September 4. The parties reached a number of agreements, although the clause of the mutual recognition of Belgrade and Pristina was not specified in the final version of the document. The signing took place ...

Mali In Mali, a coup d’état involving the military took place, during which President Ibrahim Keita was deposed, as was Prime Minister Boubou Cissé. The military announced a three-year transition period to form a civilian government. According to an ECOWAS report from August 23, the State is now headed by a representative of the armed forces and the Government will ...

Today, Libya is one of the few states that is beyond comparison in its apparent relationship with the art of cinema, its distinctive history in the medium, famous directors and national cinema. Although it has attracted many moviemakers in the West due to its deserts and mysterious cities and has been used as an open stage for many films being ...

Algeria is already involved The threat of a new large-scale conflict in Libya, primarily Egyptian intervention and a direct or indirect clash between Turkey and Egypt in the Battle of Sirte, naturally resulted in a lot of anxiety among Libya’s neighbors. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune made a number of rather sharp statements, saying in an interview with local media that ...

Bernard-Henry Levy’s provocative trip to Libya Bernard-Henri Levy, the political philosopher who actively participated in the destruction of Libya in 2011, arrived in Misrata this week. The official purpose of the visit was reporting about mass graves in Tarkhuna left by Haftar’s forces, a story which is supposed to be published in the Wall Street Journal. #Tarhuna. Just after my ...

Today, the conflicts and problems in our region, especially the ones that Turkey is involved in, are not independent of the overall polarization in the world. This polarization has not changed since the Ataturk’s definitions of “tyrant and tyrannized nations” and Lenin’s definitions of “oppressing and oppressed nations”. There are a few nations that exploit the world’s resources, and there ...

On  May 7 2020, Aydınlık revealed the details of French support and relations between the French Army and the Libyan National Army based on regional sources, showing them to be in violation of international law in Libya. At that time, about 60 French Armed Forces personnel provided training and intelligence support for Haftar.  With the escalation of tensions between Turkey ...

The Ennahda party said it would reconsider its position against the coalition government of Tunisia over the alleged corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh. They have not made public details of what the party will do, but sources close to it have commented in the media that the party could suspend seven of its ministers, which would in fact ...

On July 7, Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini arrived in Ankara to discuss defensive cooperation and the situation in Libya with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar. This visit will be the second of a high-level Italian representative to Ankara related to the situation in Libya. On June 19, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that Turkey and Italy will cooperate ...