(2024-12-05). Iran FM Abbas Araghchi: 'Our region needs peace and stability'. newarab.com 
(2024-12-05). Iran frees Nobel winner for three weeks, calls for release grow. newarab.com 
Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Addressing reporters in Paris, Mohammadi's 18-year-old son, Ali Rahmani, said he had been able to speak by phone to his mother for the first time in two years. | Her lawyer Mostafa Nili earlier announced on X that her jail sentence had been "suspended" for three weeks and she had…
(2024-12-05). Iran unveils tourist card initiative to boost international travel. tvbrics.com 
The introduction of the tourist card is seen as a step towards greater convenience for international travellers…
(2024-12-05). Trump Takes Aim at BRICS (and the Global Economy). fpif.org Donald Trump, a man who never shied from bold declarations, has once again turned the global stage into a theater of economic brinkmanship. His target: the BRICS coalition, a bloc of emerging powers that includes China, Brazil, India, Russia, and South Africa (and now Iran, the UAE, Ethiopia, and Egypt as well). With more than 30 countries showing interest, BRICS is steadily challenging the traditional economic order. | Trump, in his signature style, announced on Truth Social that BRICS nations could face 100 percent tariffs should they dare to establish a unified currency or undermine the U.S. dollar. "The idea…
(2024-12-05). What is happening in Syria? internationalviewpoint.org In just a few days, after having remained relatively static for a few years, Syria has turned anew into a theatre of war of movement, in what looks like a resumption of the last major displacement of the battlefronts that took place in 2016, when the Assad regime regained control of Aleppo with Iranian and Russian support and Turkish complicity. Here we are now, facing a surprise attack accompanied by a sudden expansion of the forces of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (Organization for the Liberation of al-Sham, i.e. Syria, commonly referred to by its Arabic acronym HTS), the Salafi jihadist group that has controlled the I…
(2024-12-05). A blow to the Astana. uwidata.com The following article appeared as an editorial statement in Egypt's leading newspaper Al Ahram. It appears in the context of the Arab Republic of Egypt declaring its support for the Arab Republic of Syria under President Bashar Al Assad's presidency. On Wednesday nicht, the foreign ministers of Egypt and Iran, two countries yet to establish …
(2024-12-05). US should blunt 'collaboration' by China, North Korea, Russia and Iran: senior officials. scmp.com Outgoing national security adviser urges Trump administration to expand defence cooperation with allies amid 'dangerous' global landscape.
(2024-12-05). White Helmets warn Assad could use chemical weapons in Syria. newarab.com 
The director of the White Helmets, the Raed Al-Saleh made the comments on Tuesday during a UN Security Council meeting raising alarm over the Syrian regime's expected ret…