Association of Geo-Strategic Analysis

13/12/2024

13 DEC 2024

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News December 12, 2024 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has begun preparing plans to attack Iran’s nuclear sites, Israel’s Army Radio reported on Thursda…

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13 DEC 2024

Erdogan reaches for foothold in the region, sending to first official to post-Assad Syria; Blinken heads to Ankara to discuss future with US-backed Kurdish fighters

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12 DEC 2024

The Biden administration is reportedly debating removing Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) from the list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. However, while the group's leader, Abu Muhammad al Jolani, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, attempts to portray HTS as moderate, a host of jihadist...

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12 DEC 2024

In light of the recent escalation in southern Lebanon, marked by Israel's targeted pager attacks on Hezbollah members, many Syrians are expressing a sense of satisfaction over Hezbollah casualties.

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12 DEC 2024

The German government has approved arms exports to Türkiye totaling 230.8 million euros ($242.5 million) this year, marking the highest level in nearly two decades, according to data from the Economy Ministry in Berlin.

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12 DEC 2024

National Intelligence Organization (MİT) chief İbrahim Kalın made a significant visit to Damascus, Syria, where he prayed at the historic Umayyad Mosque.

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12 DEC 2024

China has higher level agents in the United States than just Xu and Ji. One of them is named Joe.

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12 DEC 2024

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will begin a brief trip to the Middle East on Wednesday with stops in Jordan and Turkey.

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12 DEC 2024

The IDF found Syrian tanks, while Syrian rebels discovered the Assad regime's captagon stockpile, and reports of new atrocities circulated.

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12 DEC 2024

THE HAGUE — The world's chemical weapons watchdog has been probing Syria's stockpiles since 2013, encountering delays, obstructions, and suspicions that Damascus was not giving a full picture.Here are some key questions in the wake of President Bashar Al Assad's dramatic overthrow by Islamist rebe...

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12 DEC 2024

DAMASCUS — Syria's new government spokesman told AFP on Thursday the country's constitution and parliament would be suspended for the duration of the three-month transition period following president Bashar Al Assad's ouster. "A judicial and human rights committee will be established to examine th...

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12 DEC 2024

Raids could cause contamination, harm evidence in ongoing investigations, says OPCW chief Fernando Arias, after Israel attacked stockpiles to keep them out of extremists' hands

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12 DEC 2024 On December 11 and 12, 2024, the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) in the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS)-linked Syrian Salvation Government (SSG)announced the renewal of operations of a series of diplomatic missions in Damascus, including those of Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, and Italy. In another announcement, the Military Operations Command – an operations room including Syrian jihadi group HTS and other jihadi and anti-regime militant factions – declared the end of the curfew that had been imposed on Damascus and its environs and repeated that ''all rebels'' are forbidden to harm individuals or property.

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12 DEC 2024

Hayat Tahrir Al Sham's leader is consolidating control over the country

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12 DEC 2024 The main rebel group in the south is known as the Eighth Division, led by Ahmad Al Odeh, who has good ties with Jordan and a reputation for pragmatism. An HTS takeover of the south would put its militant fighters on the border with Jordan. Three years ago Amman joined other Arab countries in ending hostilities with Mr Al Assad after Iranian-backed militias deployed on the Syria-Jordan border, posing a security threat to the kingdom.

In the last two days, skirmishes have occurred between HTS and the southern rebels in an upmarket area on the outskirts of Damascus called the Assad Villages, as the two sides ransacked villas belonging to the former ruling elite. Mr Al Shara has already installed a protege to lead a new Syrian government and few expect him to share any significant powers. Although Mr Al Shara has links with Turkey, rebuilding Syria after a 13-year civil war will require wider international funding.

Cracks threaten to derail transition to new government as world powers scramble to adapt

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12 DEC 2024

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