Arab press: Escalation, reinforcements in Idlib; Washington prevent an all-out war between Israel, Iran

On Saturday, Arab newspapers focused on the situation in Idlib, in addition to the Israeli-Iranian tension, as well as the investigations into the Beirut port explosion.

Reinforcements to the Turkish occupation and sporadic clashes in Idlib'

The beginning is from the Syrian issue, and in this context, Al-Bayan newspaper said: "While the Turkish forces continue to withdraw from the northern countryside of Aleppo, sources confirmed that Ankara sent a convoy as part of military reinforcements in Idlib countryside."

According to the sources, "the Turkish convoy contains heavy military vehicles inside the areas they currently control with the armed factions in Idlib countryside."

According to observers on the ground in northern Syria and identical media sources, "Turkish military vehicles reached nearly 30 vehicles that entered the Syrian territories in batches, to spread in multiple areas in the southern countryside of Idlib, while there were no adjustments to the number of Turkish soldiers

And added, "The Turkish reinforcements were to the areas of Jabal al-Zawiya, coming from the Kafr Lusin border crossing, where intermittent battles are taking place between the Syrian army and the armed factions, from time to time, in light of the Syrian army's desire to control this strategic area."

On the other hand, the Syrian government forces resumed their intermittent attacks on Turkish mercenary areas, as government forces targeted military sites in "De-escalation" zone, without making any progress on the ground between the two parties, while Turkish mercenaries responded to sites belonging to the government forces, which led to A member of the Syrian government forces was killed, as a result of missile strikes they carried out on the latter's sites, south of Idlib Governorate.

Washington seeks to compel Israel to avoid all-out confrontation with Iran'

Regarding the tension between Israel and Iran, Al-Arab newspaper said: “The administration of outgoing President Donald Trump intends, before leaving, to include Israel in the main American military command in the Middle East, to include Israel in addition to Arab countries, with the aim of preventing Israel from entering into a comprehensive confrontation with Iran may not be in line with the US options. "

This comes at a time when Tel Aviv continues to direct strikes on military sites belonging to Iran or allied militias in Syria, with the aim of preventing Iranian ballistic missile threats to Israel's security and preventing any concentration of these missiles on its borders.

US officials said on Thursday that Trump had ordered the expansion of the main US military leadership in the Middle East to include Israel, in a last-minute reorganization of the US defense that longtime pro-Israel groups have called for in order to encourage cooperation against Iran.

This step means that the US Central Command will oversee the US military policy that includes both Israel and the Arab countries, in a departure from the decades of the US military command structure that was established due to the dispute between Israel and some of Washington’s Arab allies.

Analysts believe that Washington seeks to compel Israel to move within its agenda in dealing with Iran, and while the Americans rely on tough sanctions to prevent Tehran from obtaining sufficient funds to finance its military activities and the production of ballistic missiles or generously spending on regional militias linked to it, Israel views the matter differently.

The Israelis believe that the sanctions imposed by Trump on Tehran, as well as the dialogue adopted by the previous Barack Obama administration, do not deter Iran from building a sophisticated nuclear and military program, nor do they stop its regional activities that threaten the security of Tel Aviv, and that the military option is the only one that compels it to review its positions.

The Iranians benefited from the Obama administration’s inaction and the Trump administration’s contentment with threats to develop missiles and UAVs, and also expanded their influence in the region on a large scale, prompting Israel to intensify its operations targeting the Iranian presence in Syria.

Al-Arab’s sources had revealed that the Israeli bombing of areas close to the borders between Syria and Iraq was a clear message in terms of asserting that Israel would not accept the presence of Iranian missiles in Syria in the next stage, and therefore in Lebanon, regardless of whether the Biden administration would succeed in returning to the agreement on the nuclear file with Iran or will it fail?

'Lebanon investigates the Syrian destination for ammonium shipment'

Concerning the results of the investigations into Beirut explosion, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper said: “There are increasing calls in Lebanon to follow up the investigation into the Beirut Port explosion on August 4, after the press information that appeared in the past two days indicating that the ammonium shipment that was stored in the port for seven Years and caused the explosion, they arrived in Beirut with the aim of using them by the Syrian regime. "

The information was quoted by the British newspaper "The Guardian", referring to an investigation by a Lebanese television station, which stated that the "Safaru" company that bought ammonium nitrate is owned by three Syrian businessmen with Russian citizenship: George Haswani, Mudalal Khoury and his brother Imad, and the three were convicted by the United States for their support. The war effort of the Syrian regime.

The head of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, called for an investigation into how the shipment arrived in Beirut. As Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri previously mentioned, the Internal Security Forces have arrested 80 shipments of nitrate and explosives on their way to Syria in the past years.

The ship had arrived at the port of Beirut in 2013, and he stated that it had experienced technical problems that prevented it from sailing again, and its cargo was unloaded by a court order after its owner refused to pay the salaries of the crew and wages for stopping at the port.

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