Washington identifies Russia's interests in Syria

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The Arab press on Wednesday morning touched upon to US moves on Syria.

Middle East Al-Sharq al-Awsat James Jeffrey: We do not challenge Russia's interests in Syria.

he Arab newspapers on Wednesday morning touched upon in the Syrian issue dealt with several topics, the most important of which was the American statements "US envoy to Syria, Ambassador James Jeffrey, demanded the departure of foreign forces, especially Iran from Syria, But excluded the exit of Russian troops, pointing out at a press conference on the phone on Tuesday that all the forces would be ready to leave if the Iranian forces left Syria and whether a political solution was reached. Jeffrey told journalist: «Russian military presence includes a seaport and air base, which precedes the civil war in Syria, which erupted in 2011 and therefore not included by Washington in its demands for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Syria."

"Russia wants a friendly government in Damascus and wants to keep its military bases in Syria and we are not challenging it, but we want Moscow to put pressure on Assad regime to change its behavior. The Syrian regime has lost control of half the Syrian territory and half of the population is suffering, Russia needs to  put pressure the Syrian regime to change its behavior, "he said." The United States is trying to make clear to Russia its basic interests that there be a friendly Syrian government and military positions in Syria. . in its interest to be partners and to be the Syrian government supported by the Syrian people. He stressed that the international community can not support a government that is behaving badly the Syrian regime and that Russia should do its best to change the actions of the Syrian regime.

Al-Heyat : The United Nations may abandon its efforts to form a committee to draft a new constitution for Syria.

Al-Hayat said: "The United Nations envoy to Syria, Stephane de Mistura, warned on Tuesday that the international organization may have to abandon its efforts to form a committee working to draft a new constitution for Syria if no agreement is reached before the end of December. "We are in the last days of attempts to form a constitutional committee," he said in a videoconference from Geneva. "We may have to conclude that it is not possible at the moment to form a committee Credible and comprehensive constitutionality. "

Middle East: Russian-Turkish military talks for "quick action" in Idlib.

Turkish Defense Minister Khulosi Akar and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Schweigo held talks in the Russian city of Sochi on Tuesday ,less than 24 hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Istanbul on Monday, discussing Syrian developments, the Idlib file and the constitutional committee.

The Turkish newspaper reported that "on October 10, the deadline to complete the delivery of weapons, Ankara announced that all factions handed over their heavy weapons .The Turkish agency that Schweigo told his Turkish counterpart on Tuesday that" the situation in Syria, specifically in Idlib, requires urgent intervention "We have had to call you because the situation in Syria requires us to make an immediate decision and to discuss the current issues," said Shweigo, quoted by the agency as saying. "We were forced to call you because the situation in Syria requires an immediate decision and discussion of current issues. The pace we have reached after signing the documents in Sochi around Idlib requires support and resolution of the remaining issues without lowering the pace.

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