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DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 30: The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa waits to greet Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (not in picture) ahead of a meeting between the Syrian leadership and a Ukrainian delegation to help strengthen ties between the two countries on December 30, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Syria is transitioning after the fall of the Baath regime and the Assad family's rule, with a temporary administration now in place in Damascus and Aleppo. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleim

Syria’s FM to visit Saudi Arabia on first foreign trip as Sharaa praises Riyadh

The newly appointed foreign minister in the Syrian interim administration established after the fall of Assad said he accepted an invitation from his Saudi counterpart to visit the kingdom, which would be his first official visit abroad.

Asaad Shaybani, Foreign Minister for the interim Syrian government, and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (Andriy Sybiga) give a joint press conference in Damascus on December 30, 2024. Ukraine's Foreign Minister on December 30 urged the new Syrian leader to expel Russia from the country during an unannounced visit to Damascus. Moscow was one of former president Bashar al-Assad's key backers, intervening to help to turn the tide of Syria's civil war in his favour in 2015. The ex-president's toppling

وزير الخارجية الأوكراني سيبيا يصل إلى سوريا ويحث الحكومة المؤقتة على طرد روسيا

وتأتي الزيارة بعد أن أعلن الرئيس الأوكراني فولوديمير زيلينسكي عن إرسال شحنة كبيرة من دقيق القمح إلى سوريا التي مزقتها الحرب، في الوقت الذي تسعى فيه الدولتان إلى إعادة ضبط العلاقات بعد سنوات من التوترات بسبب تحالف الرئيس السابق بشار الأسد مع روسيا.

Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, attends the third session of the G20 Leaders' meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov, 19, 2024.

Analysis

التحول في عام 2024: سقوط الأسد يمنح أردوغان فرصة الفوز في الانتخابات

ورغم الهزيمة التاريخية التي تعرض لها أردوغان في الانتخابات المحلية، فإن انتصاراته في السياسة الخارجية، بما في ذلك انتصار المتمردين المدعومين من تركيا في سوريا، يبدو أنها عززت دعمه في الداخل.

Ezgi Akin

بواسطة Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

17th September 1978: U.S. president Jimmy (James Earl) Carter (left) and Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat (1918-1981), sitting in Dogwood Lodge during a break in the Egypt - Israel peace agreements, at Camp David, Maryland. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

جيمي كارتر، 1923-2024: إرث السلام في الشرق الأوسط

كان الرئيس الأمريكي الراحل جيمي كارتر مسيحياً متديناً أعطى الأولوية لتهدئة الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي خلال فترة ولايته.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 27: A ferry passes a Turkish Navy vessel navigating the Bosphorus in a parade to mark the 486th anniversary of the Naval victory of Preveza and naval forces day on September 27, 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey. 16 vessels from the Turkish Naval Forces Command took part in the parade. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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لأول مرة.. تركيا تصدر طائرات وسفن حربية إلى حلفائها في الناتو.. ما الذي يجب أن تعرفه؟

بعد الطائرات بدون طيار التركية، ستظهر الطائرات المقاتلة والسفن الحربية التركية المأهولة على الساحة الأوروبية بعد الصفقات التي وقعتها مع إسبانيا والبرتغال.

Barin Kayaoglu

بواسطة Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

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في عام 2024، ضاعف الكونجرس الدعم غير المشروط لإسرائيل

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a controversial address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, on July 24, 2024.

Megan Mineiro

بواسطة Megan Mineiro

In Washington, DC, reporting on US Congress

Analysis

رغم الجهود المبذولة لعقد اتفاقيات الطاقة الخضراء، فإن جهود المناخ في الشرق الأوسط فشلت في تحقيق أهدافها في عام 2024

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بواسطة Jack Dutton

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

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Analysis

مع استغلال داعش للفراغ في سوريا، هل يتنازل ترامب عن القتال لتركيا؟

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to translation as he meets with U.S. President Donald Trump and five Republican U.S. senators in the Oval Office of the White House on November 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. During their meeting, Trump and Erdogan were scheduled to discuss Turkey's purchase of a Russian air defense system as well as the Turkish offensive against the Kurds in Syria. Also in DC today, the first public impeachment hearings took place in the House Intell

Colin P. Clarke

بواسطة Colin P. Clarke

In Pittsburgh, US, reporting on counterterrorism, militancy

Analysis

من البريكس إلى تراجع عائدات النفط، كان عام 2024 عامًا مختلطًا بالنسبة لدول الخليج

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Jennifer Gnana

بواسطة Jennifer Gnana

In Dubai, reporting on Gulf energy policy and politics

Cafes in Damascus are becoming hubs of political discussion after the fall of long-time president Bashar al-Assad

For the first time, Syrians 'not afraid' to talk politics

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The former US embassy in Tehran is now a museum know as the "Den of Spies" and is covered in anti-US and anti-Israel graffiti

In Iran, late Jimmy Carter remembered as 'architect of sanctions'

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Indian construction workers are part of Israel's effort to fill a void left by Palestinians barred from entering Israel since the Hamas attack in October, 2023

Indian workers replace Palestinians in Israel's building sector

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Then US president Jimmy Carter looks on in September 1978 as Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat (left) shakes hands with Israeli premier Menachem Begin during negotiations at the Camp David retreat on a historic peace deal

Jimmy Carter, a transformative diplomat despite Iran

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رئيس جهاز المخابرات اللبناني السابق: وقف إطلاق النار بين إسرائيل وحزب الله قريب

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Former Lebanese intelligence chief

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الاتحاد الأوروبي رافق أكثر من 200 سفينة في البحر الأحمر وسط تهديدات بحرية في الخليج، بحسب مبعوث

NUSA DUA, INDONESIA - JULY 08: The Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi (R) greets the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio (L) during arrival of the G20 Foreign Ministers and Head of Department at the Grand Ballroom Mulia Hotel on July 08, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

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مسؤول فلسطيني كبير يدعو لخطة شبيهة بالمارشال لإعادة إعمار غزة

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مخزون الأسلحة الكيماوية المخفي في سوريا يخيم على المرحلة الانتقالية بعد الأسد

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 30: A container ship departs the Port of Newark for the Atlantic Ocean on September 30, 2024 seen from New York City. A massive strike that could shut down ports across the East and Gulf coasts could begin at midnight as members of the International Longshoremen’s Association continue to make salary and other demands to the United States Maritime Alliance, which controls many of the ports across the country. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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لأول مرة.. تركيا تصدر طائرات وسفن حربية إلى حلفائها في الناتو.. ما الذي يجب أن تعرفه؟

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 27: A ferry passes a Turkish Navy vessel navigating the Bosphorus in a parade to mark the 486th anniversary of the Naval victory of Preveza and naval forces day on September 27, 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey. 16 vessels from the Turkish Naval Forces Command took part in the parade. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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بواسطة Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

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في عام 2024، ضاعف الكونجرس الدعم غير المشروط لإسرائيل

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a controversial address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, on July 24, 2024.

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بواسطة Megan Mineiro

In Washington, DC, reporting on US Congress

Analysis

رغم الجهود المبذولة لعقد اتفاقيات الطاقة الخضراء، فإن جهود المناخ في الشرق الأوسط فشلت في تحقيق أهدافها في عام 2024

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بواسطة Jack Dutton

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

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التحول في عام 2024: سقوط الأسد يمنح أردوغان فرصة الفوز في الانتخابات

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بواسطة Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

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