Rai al-Youm: High stakes at the Turkish elections

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Abdel Bari Atwan. It’s a matter of global concern whether voters opt for ‘stability’ or ‘change’ The first round of the Turkish elections gave a slight edge to ‘stability’ — embodied in President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his allies — over ‘change’ — as represented by the opposition…

Rai al-Youm: The proxy war in Sudan

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Abdel Bari Atwan. Yet another calamity contrived by the US and Israel with the collusion of Arab regimes As the war in Yemen ends or begins to be ended, a new war is being started in Sudan. What the two conflicts on opposite sides of the Red Sea…

Rai al-Youm: End in sight to the Yemen war?

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Abdel Bari Atwan. Reported ‘understandings’ between Riyadh and Sanaa could mark a turning-point If reports that Saudi Arabia has decided to end the war in Yemen are correct — and they would appear to be given the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement — that would mark a major turning-point in the…

Rai al-Youm: Netanyahu in search of a war

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Abdel Bari Atwan. He thinks assaulting al-Aqsa will help overcome his domestic difficulties and international isolation. He’s wrong. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the hawks in his fascist government are looking for a war to help them overcome their domestic crises and international isolation. That is why…

Rai al-Youm: Raisi to Riyadh

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By Abdel Bari Atwan. The Iranian-Saudi reconciliation is proceeding apace — but the US could still try to sink it The Saudi-Iranian entente launched by the signing of last week’s Chinese-sponsored bilateral agreements quickly moved towards the full normalisation of relations and ‘zeroing’ of all problems between the two…

The Assad-Putin summit in Moscow

If a four-way (Russia, Iran, Syria, and Turkey) meeting of foreign ministers is agreed upon, it could herald a breakthrough in the Syria-Turkey crisis that meets Syria’s terms and paves the way for a meeting between Assad and Erdogan.

Rai al-Youm: Yemen: the truce is over

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Abdel Bari Atwan. Sanaa can’t just sit back while the blockade persists and the noose is tighten When the Ansarullah-led government in Sanaa held two massive military parades featuring modern missiles and drones, it was clear it was serving notice that the latest two-month ceasefire has expired and…