Washington has announced that a three-way meeting between the US, Russia and Israel will be held at the end of June to discuss the threats posed by Iran and the situation in Syria to the wider Middle East.
The meeting will also address challenges in (...)
The Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) is a financial hub that serves the countries of Central Asia and the Middle East. Daily News Egypt interviewed Sheikh Bilal Khan, a member of the panel of arbitrators at the AIFC International (...)
Russia and the Syrian regime began a fierce military campaign on Idlib and Hamah in northern Syria this week in areas controlled by armed opposition groups close to Turkey.
Dozens of civilians were killed and hospitals, schools and vital locations (...)
Russia and the Syrian regime began a fierce military campaign on Idlib and Hamah in northern Syria this week in areas controlled by armed opposition groups close to Turkey.
Dozens of civilians were killed and hospitals, schools and vital locations (...)
اشتهرت كازاخستان المستقلة والطموحة بأصالة قراراتها الهادفة إلى جذب المستثمرين الأجانب إلى البلاد. ولم يكن إنشاء مركز أستانا المالي الدولي (AIFC) في العاصمة الكازاخية استثناءً، فقد أضحى مشروعا فريدا لبلدان رابطة الدول المستقلة عن الاتحاد (...)
Even if the emphasis is placed on the opposition's mistakes since the beginning of the Syrian Revolution in 2011, this does not mean that the regime led by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is innocent or cannot be replaced. Criticising the (...)
The 12th round of the Astana Talks on Syria concluded in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan on 26 April. However, their only real outcome was that the sponsoring countries agreed to hold a next meeting in Nur-Sultan in July, adding to the sense of the (...)
The 12th round of the Astana meetings on the Syrian crisis is in the news this month, and the Turkish authorities have said that five more countries, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Germany and China, can participate in the talks scheduled for 25-26 April in (...)
Kazakhstan has renamed its capital to Nur-Sultan, in honor of the country's longtime leader who resigned this week.
The order to change the city's name from Astana was issued Saturday by interim President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who took power after (...)
Damascus hosted a tripartite meeting between key Syrian, Iranian and Iraqi military leaders 18 March. Attended by Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami, Syrian counterpart Ali Abdullah Ayoub and Iraqi Chief of Staffs Lieutenant General Othman (...)
On the last day of February after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that Russia would create a new international group including countries involved in the Syrian conflict, the (...)
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Amr Nassar, announced on Tuesday that an Egyptian trade delegation will be dispatched to Kazakhstan next March, in order to review the opportunities of the joint economic cooperation.
The delegation will be headed (...)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently said that a Syrian constituent assembly is almost complete, with the support of the UN, that will launch a comprehensive peace process in Syria. The assembly will include representatives of the regime, (...)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently said that a Syrian constituent assembly is almost complete, with the support of the UN, that will launch a comprehensive peace process in Syria.
The assembly will include representatives of the regime, (...)
There has been much talk in recent months of Russia's taking over the reins in Syria on conditions from the US, notably that Moscow undermines Tehran's influence in Syria and brings about the withdrawal of pro-Iran Shiite Lebanese, Iraqi and Afghan (...)
There has been much talk in recent months of Russia's taking over the reins in Syria on conditions from the US, notably that Moscow undermines Tehran's influence in Syria and brings about the withdrawal of pro-Iran Shiite Lebanese, Iraqi and Afghan (...)
US President Donald Trump last week tweeted that a buffer zone would be created in northern Syria to protect the Kurds.
This is not the first time that the idea of such a zone has been proposed, but Trump's proposal this time round carries more (...)
US President Donald Trump last week tweeted that a buffer zone would be created in northern Syria to protect the Kurds.
This is not the first time that the idea of such a zone has been proposed, but Trump's proposal this time round carries more (...)
The US has announced that it will maintain a military presence in Syria indefinitely as long as there are Iranian forces and Islamic State (IS) and other terrorist groups present in the country, in a move that is being read by analysts as meaning (...)
The US has announced that it will maintain a military presence in Syria indefinitely as long as there are Iranian forces and Islamic State (IS) and other terrorist groups present in the country, in a move that is being read by analysts as meaning (...)
On 15 October, the regime led by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad announced the re-opening of the border crossing between Syria and Jordan after more than three years of closure.
This is a vital commercial artery between the two countries and (...)
The efforts of the major international and regional powers bordering Syria are now focused on the north of the country, with the military presence concentrated on this area. While Russia controls the rest of the country, many other countries want to (...)
A Turkish-Russian summit meeting took place on 19 November focusing on the Constituent Assembly (CA) that will meet to draft Syria's new constitution. While both sides want to settle the issue, there are core differences between Russian President (...)
After much bickering between Russia and the US on who will succeed Staffan de Mistura as UN envoy to Syria, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced that the UN Security Council has chosen Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen as its new envoy (...)
Many international meetings on Syria took place in the second half of October, and there was much activity on the regional and global stages to jumpstart the stalled Syrian peace track before UN Envoy to Syria Steffan de Mistura leaves office at the (...)
