Panorama: Silent insurrection against Assad and tension in Lebanon

During the past week, the Arab newspapers touched on the Syrian economic situation, in addition to Turkish interference in Libya, and the Lebanese tension.

Al-Sharq al-Awset: signs of "silent insurrection" in the regime's areas

The Arab newspapers issued during the past week dealt with several topics related to Syria, most prominently, the economic crisis. In this context, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper said: “Silent civil disobedience has emerged” in the Syrian regime-controlled areas due to the deterioration of the lira’s exchange rate to three thousand against the US dollar.

For the second day, the Druze majority areas in southern Syria witnessed an anti-regime demonstration, and sources said that the demonstrators demanded the fall of the regime that is "responsible for the deterioration of economic conditions", and chanted angry phrases demanding "departure" of Iran and Russia, "they also called," The people want to topple the regime. "and" Syria is ours, not Assad's. "

After nine years of war, Syria is witnessing an economic crisis exacerbated by the economic collapse in Lebanon, and the American envoy to Syria, Ambassador James Jeffrey, said that Russia and Iran are no longer able to "float" the Syrian regime, pointing out that the American measures and sanctions contributed to the "deterioration" of the lira.

Al-Bayan: "Counter-Terrorism" clears 150 Syrian villages from "ISIS"

In its turn, Al-Bayan newspaper said, "The SDF announced" yesterday, "the end of the of" Counter-Terrorism ", to track down the pursuit of terrorist" ISIS "cells in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border.

According to the  spokesperson of Deir ez-Zor Military Council, Lilawi Al-Abdullah, at a press conference held in the city of Al-Shaddadi, in the southeastern Al-Hasakah countryside. The military coordination between our forces and the Iraqi government, and with the participation of the coalition forces, to secure the border areas and the lives of people from the attacks of ISIS cells, which have recently increased their activity.

It added that «the campaign began on the fourth of June this year in the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, in Al-Dishisha area adjacent to the Iraqi border and extending to the borders of  Baghuz , in line with the Euphrates and the Khabour River in the countryside of Deir Ez-Zor, and ended yesterday.

It pointed out that "110 ISIS mercenaries were arrested and large quantities of homemade weapons and explosive materials," were seized without any losses or injuries among their forces.

The Arabs: American confusion encourages Turkey to continue in Libya

Libya, Al-Arab newspaper said, "American confusion over Libya and President Donald Trump's preoccupation with internal tension, encourages Turkey to torpedo international efforts to stop the fighting, which is seen as a last chance to prevent a new phase of war could lead to greater Russian interference, eventually lead to the escalation of the conflict.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoglu announced on Wednesday that his country rejected the Egyptian initiative to solve the Libyan crisis, describing it as an attempt to save Haftar after the losses, he suffered in the battlefield.

The Turkish position defies the decision of the American National Security Council in support of the Cairo initiative, as it expressed on Sunday that the Egyptian peace initiative on Libya would lead to a ceasefire, the withdrawal of foreign forces and the return of the UN-led political negotiations.

Despite the support of the US State Department for the cease-fire in Libya, this support is described by some as “formal,”. It is likely to stand behind Ankara's intransigence and its persistence in the continuation of the fighting until the control of all military bases, fields and oil ports, which is a bet that could push Russia to intervene in a direct way, exploiting the weakness of the Libyan army's capabilities in confronting Turkey.
The former US ambassador to Turkey, Erik S. Edelman and General Charles Wold, the former deputy commander of the US military command in Europe, said that the sabotage role that the Erdogan regime plays in Libya constitutes a threat to the vital interests of the United States and a direct challenge to Washington's efforts to encourage energy projects for peaceful purposes in the Middle East.

Confusion dominates the American position on the crisis in Libya, although the elimination of the militias in the country was one of the most prominent slogans raised by Trump during his election campaign accusing his then rival, Hillary Clinton, then Secretary of State for supporting the chaos in Libya.

Okaz: Has Hezbollah government expired?

Regarding the Lebanese issue, Saudi newspaper Okaz said, "Because of the insane rise in the exchange rate of the dollar, the continued deterioration of living conditions, and the absence of any possible solutions, the movements of the protesters returned to the street in more than one area from north to south, united by a cry of soreness and oppression."

Whereas, food stores witnessed a high crowds by the news of the high dollar exchange rate and the entry of the country into the unknown obstacle.

The demonstrations erupted in various Lebanese cities against the high prices, with the American dollar rises to 7,000 Lebanese pounds, in a remarkable change over the scene of the revolutionary movement that has filled the squares and streets of the capital, Beirut, in a wave of collapse that is the most recent due to negative reactions to the political crisis and the impact of activities of Hezbollah, a partner in the government coalition, which negatively affected the general situation in Lebanon, both economically and politically.

Lebanon is in a state of boiling, translated by the popular protests, while organizations and associations have been helping the poor classes most affected by the crisis.

The demonstrations spread to the depth of the southern suburbs in protest against the living situation for the first time in years, and to the mountain where they crossed Al-Sham road with burning tires.

The Lebanese prime minister faces the challenge of finding a balance between the demands of international donors and the constraints of the domestic political landscape, which dictates the treatment of Hizbullah as a government party, which the United States and the Gulf states classify as a terrorist organization.

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ANHA