MESOP MIDEAST WATCH:  FULL SITU REPORT IRAQ BY SOUFAN – RIFTS COMPLICATE IRAQ’S GOVERNANCE &REGIONAL ALIGNMENTS

THE SOUFAN CENTER  21-1-2022   

  • The process of selecting the next Iraqi leaders has begun and will have a significant impact upon Iraq’s regional and global alignments.

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: Moscow’s Mercenary Ways

MICHAEL YOUNG CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT – In an interview, Ruslan Trad describes how private military companies advance the Kremlin’s agenda in the Arab world Jan 19, 2022

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: Qassas warns against “reconciliations”, describes them as traps

 The head of the Modernity and Democracy Party for Syria, Firas Qassas, considered that the so-called “settlements” carried out by the Damascus government are nothing but traps, warning that their goal is to restore Syria before 2011.17 Jan 2022, Mon  – ANF NEwS ( PRO PKK SOURCE)

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: Beijing latest key player in nuclear negotiations, edging closer towards Tehran

China, which is taking part in negotiations in Vienna as a member of the P5+1, appears keen on expanding ties in the Middle East, which could undercut U.S. sanctions on Iran.

BY SEAN SAVAGE(Jan 17, 2022 / JNS) JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE  As nuclear talks between Iran and world powers continue in Vienna, Iran appears to be already eying its next moves.

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: In threat to Europe, Iran increases ballistic missile range

Announcing the successful test of an engine for a solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket, head of Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace unit insists, “We won’t let sanctions, assassinations, or threats stop us.”

By  Neta Bar , AP and ILH Staff – 17-1-2021 – ISRAEL HAYOM

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH:Podcast-Matti Friedman on Red China’s New Haifa Port

The Israeli journalist joins us to talk about how a Chinese propaganda mission led by a man known as “Chinese Itzik” has dazzled Israeli citizens 16-1-2022 MOSAIC

Chinese Itzik  – On our podcast this week,

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: ISRAELI COALITION LEADERS NAVIGATE PROTESTS AND POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS

by David Makovsky PolicyWatch 3563 January 14, 2022 – With their constituents upping the pressure on hot-button factional issues, Prime Minister Bennett and Mansour Abbas are starting to feel the vulnerabilities inherent in their still-fragile coalition.

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: LAVROV CONTRA PKK/PYD IN SYRIA & IRAQ

Russia’s foreign minister advises Rojava’s Kurds to emulate Iraqi Kurds

Rudaw 15-1-2022 – ERBIL- Russia’s foreign minister on Friday said that the negotiating committees in northern Syria (Rojava) “do not represent all the Kurdish components,”

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: Will the Ukraine Standoff Affect the Iran Nuclear Talks?

by Anna BorshchevskayaJan 11, 2022Anna Borshchevskaya is a senior fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on Russia’s policy toward the Middle East. –

Some Western policymakers seem to believe that Russia can be helpful on Iran even as it threatens to attack Ukraine, but they’re missing the bigger picture.

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