Panorama : close confrontation in Idlib and third head of Iraqi government

The Arab newspapers have touched on Syria's Idlib situation over the past week, the Iraqi crisis, and the spread of the coronavirus.

Al Sharq al-Awset: Russia intensifies air movements in northwestern Syria

The Arab newspapers addressed during the past week the Syrian issue and dealt several topics, most notably the situation in Idlib, in this context Al Sharq al-Awset said: "The announcement of Russian media sources of reinforcements by Moscow to Manbij coincided with data about the intensifying the Russian flights over Idlib in recent days, although the Russian Defense Ministry kept silent about the details in both cases, Russian circles pointed out that Moscow is seeking to monitor the parties movements in anticipation of new confrontations.

Russian media quoted the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights data about, "renewed clashes on Ruwayha -Jarada axis in the southern countryside of Idlib, between regime forces and militants loyal to Damascus on one side, and pro-Turkey factions and groups on the other side, and said that the clashes were accompanied by the intensive flight of reconnaissance planes and warplanes in Idlib and Aleppo skies, while regime forces bombed areas in Saraqeb east of Idlib."

According to the newspaper, that came at a time with data  emergence on reinforcements by Russia in Manbij and Ain al-Arab (Kobane) areas which are controlled by "SDF" and the government forces in the eastern Aleppo countryside. According to media data, dozens of Russian armored vehicles and troop carriers arrived in the area in order to strengthen their presence near the Turkish border.

"The military reinforcements aim at reinforcing the regime and Russia positions in the areas adjacent to the Turkish forces positions after talking about Ankara's intention to launch military action in the region," noting that the development came in coordination with "SDF", indicating that reinforcements began to reach the area about a week ago and continue. The said.

"The Russian moves coincided with the Turkish strikes against the SDF and YPJ, in the Euphrates Shield and the Spring of Peace in northern Syria," the sources said.

Al Bayan: Mustafa al-Kazimi, the third attempt to form a new government in Iraq

On Iraq,: "Iraqi President, Barham Saleh announced Thursday mandating the intelligence chief, Mustafa al-Kazimi to form a new government, in the third attempt to replace Adel Abdul Mahdi and get the country out of a deepened political recession deepened due to an economic crisis in OPEC's second largest oil producer as global crude prices collapse. It said.

In Washington, the State Department lamented al-Zurfi's failure in his mission and denounced Iran's continued "interference" in Iraqi internal affairs, welcoming Al-Kazimi's mandate to form the new government.

"Kazimi has proven in his previous functions that he is a patriot and an competent person," Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East Affairs, David Schenker told reporters, hoping he would soon be able to form a "strong and independent" government.

Al-Kazimi, 53, has popularity among the religious reference in Al Najaf as a possible option to lead the post-ISIS defeat in Iraq, but several factors prevented him from achieving consensus, particularly with some Shiite parties describing him as the " United States' man" in Iraq.

A bout a week ago, an Iraqi faction pro-Iran accused Al Kazimi of being involved in Gen. Suleimani  and deputy chairman of the Popular Mobilization Commission , Abu Mihdi Al Muhandis assassination by Washington in Baghdad.

A senior political source told AFP that Kazimi " designation comes as a gain for Iraq, especially in this difficult economic period, and to ensure a Baghdad renewed exemption from the sanctions against Iran."

Al-Arabs: Anatolia departs from its previous practices: The Al Karagula are Misrata Turks and the protectors of Tripoli

Al Arab :"Anatolia came out of its previous practice with a direct and explicit report that says: The Karagula Turks of Misrata are the protectors of Tripoli. Contrary to its purpose, the report language and vocabulary reflected a Turkish panic after tightening of the stranglehold on Turkish maneuvers in Libya, following the Libyan National Army progress and the European tightening on arms supplies to the Accord Government."

The report claimed that the "resistance" of what are so-called Misratan Turks helped stop the Libyan army's offensive led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli to liberate it from the hardline militias of the Libyan Accord Government .

Turkey claimed that when the National Army began the offensive a year ago to control Tripoli, the extremist militias, that are named the Misrata Brigades in southern Tripoli, worked to unite with other hardline militias against him, under the umbrella of the "Operation of Volcano Rage ", by the Accord Government in response to the progress of the National Army's " Dignity Volcano" operation a year ago to liberate Tripoli from militia control and regain it as the university capital of all Libyans.

Here, it seems as if Turkey acknowledges the accusations against it of supporting militias, working to perpetuate the war, dividing Libyans by digging up the past and invoking a history that most Libyans have forgotten and do not know its details.

Turkey is digging up the historical roots of Libyan tribes, saying that Misrata is inhabited by Libyans of Turkish origin, is a major reason for preventing the National Army's advance towards the capital, Tripoli. Here it knows the importance of the tribal role as well as belonging to the tribe and the homeland.

According to The specialized Egyptian writer in the Turkish affairs, Ankara's supporters have disrupted restoring the Libyan state institutions, preparing for a Turkish military invasion, under the pretext of Cyprus-like model.

Protecting the Turkish origin minority, which Erdogan has explicitly pledged.

Al Sharq al-Awset: A glimmer of hope in the Eurotunnel... US is preparing for the worst"

There is a glimmer of hope that the two most affected countries in Europe and the world, passing the height of the Coved-19 pandemic yesterday, with both recording a decline in the number of infected casualties and deaths," said Al Sharq al-Awset.

With more than 60,000 corona victims worldwide, Italy and Spain, which alone record nearly 40 percent of all deaths, have begun to cautiously dream of returning to normalcy.

While European cities are dreaming of a gradual return to normal life, President Donald Trump has warned Americans that their country is "entering a phase that will be truly appalling," with "very bad numbers", Americans preparing for the worst, and rushing to build field hospitals, from Los Angeles to Miami, with thousands of additional recovery beds, and a giant medical vessel docked in New York, for which mayor Bill de Blasio appealed for help.

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