Arab press: Fires expand in Syria, Turkey foiled efforts for solution in Karabakh, Libya

On Saturday morning, Arab press touched upon the fires raging on the Syrian coast, in addition to the escalation in Karabakh, and the Libyan situation

The fireball is approaching Hmeimim and Qardaha"

The beginning of the fires sweeping the Syrian coast, and in this context Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper said: “The fire broke out again yesterday in the countryside of the governorates of Homs, Latakia and Tartus in western Syria, and the 'fireball' rolled to the countryside of Lattakia, where the Russian Hmeimim base and the city of Qardaha are located, a stronghold the regime".

A source in Latakia said, "The fires" devoured more than 25 homes and hundreds of dunams of land planted with trees, and civilians were displaced and dozens of them suffocated. He added that "the wind speed helped spread the fires."

Media outlets quoted witnesses in Qardaha, the birthplace of President Bashar al-Assad and his family, that they saw masked men on motorcycles, just before the fires broke out, while the Ministry of Justice said that “the fires have increased recently, and it became clear and clear that this is happening with intent or as a result of negligence.”

 According to the head of the Peasants' Union in Lattakia, "Hidden hands are behind the fires."

Karabakh ... Russian-French efforts to end the escalation collide with Turkish interventions

Regarding the escalation in Karabakh, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Nahar said: "Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to a ceasefire from Saturday noon in the Nagorno Karabakh region, which is witnessing battles, according to what the Russian Foreign Ministry announced after negotiations in Moscow between the foreign ministers of the two countries."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a statement following the negotiations that a ceasefire would begin "as of 12:00 pm on October 10, 2020 for humanitarian purposes."

As for Al-Arab newspaper, it considered that the Russian-French efforts to stop the escalation collide with the Turkish interventions and said: “The statements of the President of the Turkish Parliament are consistent with the statements of the Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin, who on Friday expected the failure of the Minsk group's efforts (Russia, France and the United States) unless it ended “Armenian occupation”. For Nagorny Karabakh. "

The Turkish predictions of the failure of the Minsk Group meeting come in contradiction to international optimism by announcing the agreement of Azerbaijan and Armenia to declare a truce and start serious negotiations, as the Turkish position appeared to be the strictest by setting conditions and preconditions for the success of the meeting.

The Turkish escalation comes at a time when France announced an approaching ceasefire truce between Baku and Yerevan, in preparation for the resumption of negotiations on the status of the disputed region.

A source in the French presidency said Friday that there is currently a “movement towards a truce” in the conflict, adding that the situation “is still very fragile,” citing phone calls between French President Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of the two countries on Thursday evening and Friday afternoon.

The source added that "France is coordinating with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and is working to resume negotiations in the coming days."

"Turkey is pushing the leaders of Accord to escalate in Libya"

Arab newspapers also dealt with the Libyan issue, and in this context, Al-Bayan newspaper said: "A source from the Libyan Army Command confirmed that there is no truth to what was reported about military moves by the armed forces to launch surprise attacks on cities in the west of the country."

The source added that the Army General Command is committed to the ceasefire decision, and it supports regional and international efforts to reach a political solution, and does not consider any new confrontations at all, but is ready to confront any adventure carried out by the Turkish-backed armed militias against the Red Line Sirte Al-Jufrah area.

In its turn, Al-Arab newspaper saw that there are signs of new escalation by the Government of National Accord and said: “The tone of verbal and military escalation of the Libyan National Accord militia suddenly rose amid a threat to move the fighting axes again, undermining the cautious calm that it has been witnessing since the ceasefire agreement announced on 21 Last August, the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord and the Libyan Parliament.

And added, "This escalation contributed to disturbing the atmosphere of optimism that hangs over the political track after the announcement of understandings" Bouznika 2 "between the delegations of Parliament and the Supreme Council of State, and the ongoing regional and international movement surrounding it in search of a peaceful political solution to the Libyan crisis before the end of this month.

According to the newspaper, "These developments raised serious and legitimate concerns about the possibility of Libya returning to the battlefield, which would spoil the settlement efforts currently underway on more than one level, especially as it came directly after al-Nimroush returned from Turkey on a mysterious visit during which he met with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar."

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