Arab press: Russian messages for al-Assad, Davutoğlu attacks Erdogan

On Wednesday morning, Arab press focused on the messages addressed to Bashar al-Assad by Russia and the Turkish domestic situation.

Al-Sharq al-Awsat: New Russian messages described al-Assad a "burden"

The Arab newspapers issued this morning dealt with the Syrian issue with several issues, the most prominent of which were the Russian messages to Bashar al-Assad. ». In this context, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper said, "The Russian messages addressed to Damascus have moved to a new level, by speaking that protecting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has become a" burden ".

A report of the "Russian Council for Foreign Affairs", which is close to the Kremlin, highlighted "a more serious Russian endeavor to bring about changes in Syria", and spoke of "expectations that Russia, Iran and Turkey will reach agreement to topple al-Assad and establish a comprehensive cease-fire, in exchange for forming a transitional government that includes parties of the regime, the opposition, and democratic forces. The report reinforced the trend recently sparked by a media and political campaign that described al-Assad as "unpopular and unable to reform."

It was remarkable that the Russian Council is run by former Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, and has a prominent presence among Russian research and political circles, and a few days ago published an article by a former Russian ambassador in which he strongly criticized "the extent of corruption and the mistakes of the Syrian leadership" and "its separation from the political and military reality."

The report stated that since the beginning of the Russian military intervention in Syria, Moscow has been keen to avoid appearing as a defender of al-Assad, and stressed the need for the Syrian people to decide their own destiny, but he saw that Russia “has become more serious about making changes in Syria, at least because the protection of al-Assad has become Burden.”

The state-run Tass news agency reported that Moscow is working on a number of options, including a scenario that sees foreign forces present in Syria accepting a sphere of influence for each of them, to keep Syria divided into a protected area from Tehran and Moscow, an opposition region supported by Ankara, and the eastern Euphrates supported by Washington, while the second scenario requires a complete withdrawal of all forces and the unification of the country after achieving a political transformation, according to Security Council Resolution 2,254, the report considered this option "less costly to all parties."

Emarat Al Youm: Iraqi security operation starts from 4 axes against ISIS

In its turn, Emarat al-Youm newspaper said today, "Yesterday, the leadership of Salahuddin Operations in Iraq announced the launch of a four-pronged security operation to search for the remnants of the" ISIS "terrorist organization.

The leadership said, in a statement reported by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) yesterday, that “the operations units of Salahuddin Operations and the 45, 35, 42 and 6 Brigades of the Popular Mobilization, launched a four-pronged military operation to search and search for terrorist (ISIS) remnants, within the Mukeshefah area and the adjacent areas West of the Tigris River.

ISIS launched, during the past days, separate attacks in the governorates of Salahuddin, Anbar, Nineveh, Kirkuk and Diyala, which resulted in dozens of casualties and injuries.

Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Davutoğlu accuses Erdogan of "dwarfing" Turkey

On the Turkish issue, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper said, "The head of the opposition Turkish" Future "party accused former Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling party," Justice and Development ", of trying to make Turkey a" dwarf country "by spreading a climate of fear among the people and transforming The governing authority to "advertising company."

Davutoglu denounced what is being spread by Erdogan's regime and his media by promoting rumors that a new coup would take place in the country, saying that “the ruling authority is beginning to fear the people ... this situation that turns our country into dwarf's state and turns the ruling authority into a propaganda company, it really leads to the creation of tragic images, because countries should be run seriously and not by advertising campaigns.”

"In the press, the speeches and words of Erdogan and his party are attempts to change the political agenda and an attempt to legitimize their authoritarian and exploitative inclinations," Davutoglu said in a press interview yesterday.

Touching upon the repetition of the media and social networking subject to Erdogan's party, he talked about alleged coup attempts, and he said: "Unfortunately, some supporters of the authority when talking about the possibility of a coup are entering a race about the number of weapons they will carry, the bullets that they will fire, the amount of blood that will be blooded and how they will take revenge."

He added that «those who have been unable to manage the great calamities that have afflicted the country since the end of February, and do not know how they will control the damages and heavy bill during the coming months, are trying to resort to some methods in order to manipulate the political agenda», and added that his country “does not still, a country in which coups can take place, these coups will not fail unless Erdogan returns to the capital, which he has been absent for 45 days, where he resides in a palace in Istanbul since the (Corona) outbreak, and not by tweets published here and there regarding these allegations.

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