Turkey fears confrontation with Russia, Egypt calls for the formation of an African force

On Monday morning, the Arab newspapers touched upon the situation in Idlib, in addition to the Iraqi crisis.

Al-Arab: Ankara is preparing for an "unsecured" confrontation in Idlib

The Arab newspapers issued this morning dealt with the Syrian issue several issues, the most prominent of which was the situation in Idlib, and in this context Al-Arab newspaper said: "The Syrian army is rapidly stepping towards the completion of the first phase of the military operation it is fighting in Idlib, as it is about to extend its influence on the road The international known as “M5” in the northwestern province.

Questions are raised as to whether the Russian-backed army will maintain its plans for total control over this road linking Aleppo and Lattakia, as well as on the international road “M4” that links Aleppo to Damascus or that it will advance towards the center of the province, and what this may mean in terms of confrontation with Turkey, which has accelerated the pace of mobilizing more troops in the province.

And followers say: Turkey, despite the fuss it is making on the impact of the army's progress, and to show the challenge to Russia, however, it is working hard behind the scenes to avoid confrontation, especially since it is not guaranteed the consequences, in the absence of serious Western support.

Turkey fears that the military operation of the Syrian army will go beyond the issue of controlling the two international routes to extract the entire Idlib governorate and its surroundings, and this will mean losing it to an important paper that gives it the ability to impose its vision in the future, and this is the main reason behind the unprecedented crowd in Idlib, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that 1,240 vehicles Turkish military crossed to Idlib last week, along with five thousand soldiers.

Regardless of the turmoil, the Syrian army is still practically committed to what is stipulated in the Sochi Agreement reached between Ankara and Moscow in 2018, in terms of reopening the international routes "M4" and "M5", which was located on Turkey to implement That, however, has breached its commitment, not only that, but it has also gone too far in granting HTS the green light to impose its control on more than half of the Idlib area and its surroundings.

Analysts believe that the next destination of the army in the military operation launched since December, and whether it will go to the city of Idlib (the center of the province) or to Jisr al-Shughour will be the determinant of the behavior of those involved in the conflict, including Ankara.

Al-Bayan: The white hats replace Blue in Iraq

On the Iraqi issue, Al Bayan newspaper said: "The white hats replaced the blue ones, which withdrew from the scene of demonstrations in Iraq, after the instructions of the" Saeron "coalition led by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, while the protesters rejected the Sadr initiative.

The demonstrators began erecting new tents in Najaf, Basra, Baghdad, Dhi Qar, al Wasit, and Karbala, instead of the tents burned by the blue-haired militias and other PMF affiliated to Iran during the last days, which attacked the protesters, with the aim of ending the protests.

With al-Sadr's announcement of what he described as the "Reform Revolution" charter, which included the withdrawal of the "Blue Hats" group, and the handing over of the protection of protesters and the protesters' tents to the armed security forces, the demonstrators announced their total rejection of the initiative, coinciding with the return of the momentum to the demonstrations, with the withdrawal of the blue hats.

The protesters announced their complete rejection of the Sadr initiative, while they accused a number of his followers of fabricating attacks against the security forces to sign them between them and the demonstrators, to push them to attack them under the pretext of using weapons against them, and these concerns were raised after the Baghdad Operations Command announced that the security forces came under direct fire in al- Wathba Square in the center Capital.

AL-Sharq al-Awsat: Egypt proposes an African force to combat terrorism

On the African issue, Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper said: "While the African Summit, which started its work in Addis Ababa, yesterday focused on seeking to strengthen mediations aimed at resolving armed conflicts in the continent, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced his country's readiness to host an African summit devoted to discuss the formation of a joint African force to combat terrorism.

For his part, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed, on the first day of the summit, "the utmost importance" of the African-International Partnership, and stressed the support of the international organization to the African Union initiative to "silence the guns", referring to the slogan of the current session of the summit, and drew Guterres pointed out that there are three challenges of urgent importance in Africa: eliminating poverty, dealing with climate crises, and silencing guns....

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