Arab press: Russia shells Idlib due to Turkey's attempts to circumvent the Karabakh agreement

Russian forces have launched violent attacks on Iblib province, while Turkey seeks to maneuver on Karabakh agreement in which Russia succeeded to impose its control on Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Turkey did not achieve what it wanted. 

Arab press: Russia shells Idlib due to Turkey's attempts to circumvent the Karabakh agreement
14 November, 2020   07:39
 NEWS DESK

On Saturday, Arab press touched upon the in Idlib province, as well as to Karabakh agreement.

Russian forces take turns bombarding Idlib

Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper said: "Russian forces took turns bombing Idlib, and this included launching surface-to-surface missiles and raids on the outskirts of the city in northwestern Syria."

"Analysts linked the escalation of the bombing campaign to the tension between Moscow and Ankara over ceasefire measures in the Nagorno Karabakh region, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that a Russian delegation would arrive in Ankara to discuss joint monitoring of a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, at a time when it was announced." The Kremlin believes that only Russian forces will keep the peace, and that Turkish statements regarding Ankara's participation are "incorrect." "

Yesterday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that it had monitored a “violent explosion that struck the city of Idlib, which is under an agreement between Moscow and Ankara, which was found to be caused by the fall of a long-range surface-to-surface missile, likely that the regime and Russian forces launched it.” It also referred to “air strikes carried out by fighters. Russian in the southern countryside of Idlib ».

Russia succeeded in consolidating its hold on Armenia and Azerbaijan

Regarding the situation in Karabakh, Professor of Political Science Ph.D. Khattar Abu Diab said in an article published by Al-Arab newspaper: “Russia has run out of patience after 44 days over the bloody battles in its near vicinity, as President Vladimir Putin did not allow Azerbaijan to achieve a decisive victory and made Armenia avoid a humiliating defeat, After hesitation and before the new US administration was stationed, the Kremlin master affirmed his influence in the two warring countries, especially Armenia, which paid the

He added, "According to Putin method in transferring chess stones was successful, and Turkey was only involved later and in a symbolic role in an operations center and not in the separation forces, which left President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was hoping for an outright achievement, to sigh. Therefore, Moscow triggered the final warning siren after the mysterious drop. For a Russian helicopter in Azerbaijan to the confusion in Baku, and thus the margin of Ankara's maneuver has become limited, and from here Turkey will try to circumvent the recent agreement to record some gains, even from the propaganda door, but the land corridor that connects Turkish Anatolia with the Turkish-speaking world will remain under Moscow's control, and it will be The realization of Turkish ambitions in the Caucasus and Central Asia is subject to Russia's acceptance in one form or another.

In conclusion, it can be said that the real winners in this sad process are Russia as the arbiter and the main player, and Turkey as the runner-up and the second player within the regional system in the South Caucasus.

What is striking is the success of the new Tsar, Vladimir Putin, in consolidating his grip on the two warring countries at the same time, and after six years of invading Ukraine, and after 12 years of curtailing Georgia in expanding its military presence in the post-Soviet space or what he calls its near neighborhood even if that is on Calculating his weak economy.

The game changed in the southern Caucasus, with the Russian president teaching a lesson to the Armenian prime minister in particular, and Armenia was almost isolated in its surroundings, which upended the balance of power, but this does not mean reaching a final, just and convincing solution in this chronic conflict, and the last agreement represented the postponed solution to a chronic historical conflict awaiting A new chapter of the Nations game.

"Qatar challenges the international will in Libya"

On the Libyan issue, Al-Bayan newspaper said: “In a new challenge to the international will, Qatar signed a military agreement with al-Sarraj government in Tripoli, allowing it to have a military presence on Libyan soil, and the Tripoli militia government announced the signing of its representative, Salah Al-Nimroush, on a joint agreement for training and building military capabilities with Qatar, according to a statement issued by al-Sarraj government and Qatari sources, that the agreement was concluded at the headquarters of the Qatari Ministry of Defense in Doha with its representative, Minister of State for Defense Affairs, Khaled Al-Attiyah.

The agreement between Qatar and al-Sarraj government comes in defiance of the Libyan and international will that was crystallized in the Geneva agreement last October 23, in which the Libyan Military Committee confirmed the departure of foreign forces from Libya, the classification of armed militias, their dismantling and their disarmament, and the suspension of any previous agreements concluded by al- Sarraj government in reference to the agreements. Signed with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the military, security and maritime fields, and the head of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, Libya Branch, Abdel Moneim Al-Hurr, said that the illegal GNA signing a military agreement with Qatar is an invalid act.

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