Syria – Page 29 – Asia Times

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Fred Dufour / Pool

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

Canada’s foreign policy annus horribilis

by Danny Lam December 29, 2017

Cafu pulls 'Iran' out of the bowl and Diego Maradona looks uncomfortable as the draw is made for the 2018 FIFA World Cup at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow on December 1. Photo: Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin

AT Finance, Australia, China, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Runners and riders: assessing Asian World Cup prospects

by John Duerden December 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Christmas decorations are seen in old Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sanadiki

Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Christmas lights re-appear after dark years for Syria’s Christians

by Sami Moubayed December 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Bacillus anthracis. Photo: iStock / Getty

China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

S. Korea, Japan had best stock up on antibiotics to treat anthrax

by Stephen Bryen December 21, 2017

Chinese companies are lining up to help rebuild Syria's shattered infrastructure. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Chinese companies poised to help rebuild war-torn Syria

by Robert W Anderson December 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Jerusalem's Old City and the Dome of the Rock. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Syria

Why Trump’s statement has not led to violence in Jerusalem

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim December 19, 2017

A still image taken from a video distributed by Yemen's pro-Houthi Al Masirah television station on November 5, 2017, shows what it says was the launch by Houthi forces of a ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh's King Khaled Airport. Photo: Houthi Military Media Unit via Reuters TV

China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

How US can respond to Iranian missiles

by Stephen Bryen December 16, 2017December 17, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow on December 14, 2017. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters / Alexei Nikolsky

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Vladimir Putin takes spotlight as Eurasia connector

by Pepe Escobar December 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet in Ankara, Turkey, on December 11, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Umit Bektas

China, Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Turkey switches to full defiance of US, continues Putin courtship

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 14, 2017

An Israeli flag is seen near the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, on December 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Time for China to join the Middle East Quartet

by Emanuele Scimia December 13, 2017

Russia's President Vladimir Putin walks with his counterparts Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, and Hassan Rouhani of Iran after a joint news conference in Sochi, Russia, on November 22, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev / Kremlin via Reuters

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

How Jerusalem issue plays into Iranian, Turkish (and Russian) hands

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 11, 2017

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on November 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

Australia, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Oceania, Syria

Netanyahu continues to look the other way as pressure mounts

by Sami Moubayed December 11, 2017February 18, 2020

Houthi fighters react after Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed, in Sanaa on December 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Khaled Abdullah

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, World

Ignorance about Eurasia’s two Great Games imperils the West

by David Simmons December 8, 2017

An Israeli flag is seen near the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, on December 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Egypt, France, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Humiliation – the only path to peace for the Middle East

by Spengler December 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Seismic upheavals in the Middle East

by Norman A. Bailey December 6, 2017

In one of Reuters' pictures of the year for 2017, Kurdish fighters fire rifles at a drone operated by Islamic State militants in Raqqa, Syria, on June 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Goran Tomasevic

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

No takers yet for US ceasefire in Euphrates valley

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 5, 2017

A Russia Today (RT) television broadcast van is pictured in Moscow on November 11, 2017. Photo: AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev

Afghanistan, European Union, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

This is a media war that Russia can only lose

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 3, 2017

Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt, killing more than 300, on November 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Soliman

Egypt, European Union, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, World

How can the Arab world sidestep the pull of the abyss?

by Nabil Fahmy December 3, 2017February 18, 2020

The Bayterek Tower (center) is a landmark of Astana, Kazakhstan. File Photo: Reuters / Shamil Zhumatov

China, European Union, India, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Kazakhstan makes its way in an uncertain world

by Nargis Kassenova December 2, 2017February 18, 2020

The skyline of Singapore's central business district seen from a public housing estate, April 14, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Edgar Su

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, World

Singapore on edge as Islamic State circles

by Nile Bowie December 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Kim Jong-nam arriving at Beijing airport in 2007. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

Kim Jong-nam’s possession of atropine, and what it means

by Stephen Bryen December 1, 2017December 1, 2017

Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab is shown in a court room sketch as he appears in Manhattan federal court in New York. Photo: Reuters / Jane Rosenberg

European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Gold dealer’s testimony puts Erdogan on shaky ground

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 1, 2017December 1, 2017

People gather around the remains of Mugees Mir, a suspected militant who according to local media was killed in an encounter with the Indian security forces in Zakura, during his funeral in Srinagar on November 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Danish Ismail

European Union, India, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

New complexity emerges with ISIS footprint in Kashmir

by Kabir Taneja November 29, 2017

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Photo: Sana / Handout via Reuters

AT Finance, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Vietnam, World

Damascus throws ‘transition’ up in air by skipping Geneva talks

by Sami Moubayed November 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attend a welcoming ceremony in Doha, Qatar, on November 15, 2017. Photo: Kayhan Ozer / Presidential Palace/ Handout via Reuters

European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey-Iran-Qatar entente mocks Saudi-led ‘Arab NATO’

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 28, 2017November 28, 2017

Saad al-Hariri arrives in downtown Beirut to attend a military parade marking the 74th anniversary of Lebanon's independence on November 22, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Azakir

Bahrain, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

‘Truce’: Syria, the Saudis and Hariri’s resignation U-turn

by Sami Moubayed November 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Souvenir plates with images of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong and President Xi Jinping are seen at a shop during the Communist Party's 19th National Congress in Beijing. Photo: Reuters/ Tyrone Siu

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

China is no more ‘aggressive’ than US and its allies

by Ken Moak November 27, 2017

People bury the body of a mosque attack victim in North Sinai, Egypt, on Nov. 25, 2017. Photo: AFP / Ahmed Gomaa

Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria

Gunmen in mosque attack ‘carried Islamic State flag’

by Omar Fahmy and Patrick Markey November 26, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump's compromise with China is under threat.Photo: Wikimedia Commons

China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

From narcissism to nihilism: the deep wound of Trumpism

by Bernard-Henri Levy November 25, 2017November 25, 2017

Egyptians carry victims on stretchers after a gun and bombing attack at the Rawda mosque near the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish on November 24, 2017. Photo: AFP

Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, World

Militants kill hundreds at Sinai mosque in Egypt’s deadliest attack

by Asia Times and Reuters November 25, 2017February 18, 2020