ISIS and the Assad regime: Strategy and counter-strategy in Syria s Badia mei.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mei.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Enab Baladi-Sakina Mahdi
Russia and Iran, allies of the Syrian regime, are bolstering their economic power in Syria in addition to their military presence. The two countries are wrangling for business influence over energy resources and vital financial and industrial establishments by signing long-term contracts with the Syrian government. These long-term contracts ensure their political and economic interests in Syria and recuperate some of the costs and expenses incurred during war years.
Iran has specific economic goals in Syria which contradict Russia’s economic policies; Iran is trying to dominate investments in many sectors such as oil, gas, and reconstruction. In return, Syrian officials seek to obtain military and political support and assistance from the two countries. As a result, Russia and Iran could control Syria’s economic options.
Asharq Al-Awsat reveals details of last chapter in negotiations between Syria and Israel Sunday, 28 February, 2021 - 05:30
President Bashar Assad meets with John Kerry when he was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Nov, 8, 2010. AP file photo London - Ibrahim Hamidi
Syria and Israel, through American mediation, were on the verge of signing a peace agreement in February 2011, just before the “Arab Spring” protests broke out. The American mediator drafted an agreement that “went further than any previous document.” It included Damascus’ pledge to sever “military ties” with Iran and the Hezbollah party in Lebanon and “neutralizing” any Israeli threat, in exchange for its reclaiming of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, based on the June 4, 1967 border.
US Conditional Proposal to Assad and Netanyahu 2011: Abandon Iran in Exchange for Restoring Golan aawsat.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aawsat.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
No treatment, no privacy: Syrian women giving birth in displacement camps
A Syrian mother rocks her baby in the Qalah displacement camp in the northern countryside of Idlib- 11 August 2019 (Enab Baladi)
Enab Baladi-Jana Alisa
Seeing the two red lines of a pregnancy test could be an indication of future happiness in the family. Yet, pregnant women living in Syria’s displacement camps also feel fear and apprehension because they have no idea where and how they will give birth.
During pregnancy, women experience the most difficult months of their lives. A pregnant woman needs special care to shoulder the burdens of carrying the fetus. She must take care of her physical and psychological health in order to ensure her unborn baby a safe and normal growth. Unfortunately, displacement camps lack support and care services for pregnant women.