Russia Makes Contacts with Turkey on Flights to Syria
AL-SOURIA NET (Opposition website)
May 20, 2022
Talks between Turkey and Russia are ongoing, according to al-Souria Net.
Talks between Turkey and Russia are ongoing, according to al-Souria Net.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed his regime’s insistence on implementing a plan to transfer Syrian refugees to northern Syria, according to al-Watan.
As Moscow is busy in Ukraine, Tehran is ready to seize the opportunity in Syria, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Russian warplanes targeted opposition positions; a rocket attack killed 10 government soldiers and wounded nine more in the northwest; Kurdish militants fired rockets and mortar shells from Syria on a Turkish military border post; Putin has begun moving troops from Syria to Ukraine
The U.S. will allow foreign investment in northeastern Syria under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces, according to Baladi News.
The naturalization of dozens of Syrians in Turkey was delayed, according to al-Souria Net.
Turkey’s government has dealt with hostility on the subject of refugees from many sides, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The Victory Party did not meet the requirements to run in the elections, according to al-Souria Net.
The Brussels conference ended with countries pledging more than $6 billion to areas beyond Syrian state control and countries hosting Syrian refugees, according to Athr Press.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced the United States is providing nearly $808 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Syria crisis response.
Syria accused the west of politicizing humanitarian aid by imposing political conditions, according to the Syria Times.
Some factions of the SNA, led by Abu Amsha’s Suleiman Shah, might join and merge with HTS, according to al-Hal Net.
Uğur Ümit Üngör, who uncovered the Tadamon Massacre with his colleague, told the Syrian Observer that he witnessed the discontent of the Syrian people back in 2006.
Meslet pointed to the need to confront Iran’s malicious, sectarian schemes in the region, according to the SOC Media Department.
The Russians don’t seem too keen at the moment to send Syrian fighters to Ukraine, Danny Makki reports for al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Pedersen said the conflict in Syria gives rise to threats to international peace and security, according to North Press.
Andrei Kortunov, the Director-General of the Russian Council of International Affairs, said the decision won’t impact Russia, according to al-Watan.
Turkey is planning to transfer refugees to residential compounds it built in the areas it controls, according to al-Modon.
A year ahead of the Turkish presidential elections, all parties want to appear uncompromising on the issue of Syrian refugees, according to North Press.
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