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Discussions about joining peace talks frozen due to “breaches” in the ceasefire by the Syrian governmen

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Syrian rebel groups have announced they are freezing discussions about joining peace talks sponsored by Russia because of “breaches” in a four-day-old cease-fire by the Syrian government. In a statement, the rebel groups said that any territorial advances by the army and Iran-backed militias would end the effort to restart peace talks as well as a fragile cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey that went into effect on December 30. “The regime and its allies have continued firing and committed many and large violations…threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of people,” said the statement signed by about a dozen mainly moderate rebel groups operating under the umbrella of the Free Syrian Army.

Trump’s will to eliminate Obama’s sanctions against Russia might meet oppositions

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The future press secretary of the President-elect Trump, Sean Spicer, said in an interview with ABC that sanctions imposed by President Obama to Russia for the affairs related to cyber attacks against the Democratic National Committee might be eccessive. Trump has also seen the good relations with Putin and has always maintained his skeptical on the effective influence of hacking operations. On Sunday, Trump will meet with leaders of the Intelligence to have more insight. Certainly, Trump’s will to eliminate the measures against Russia launched by Obama is going to meet many difficulties. In fact, the Congress’ Democratic opposition and a part of the Republican majority, that are hostile to Trump, seem ready to join forces to strengthen sanctions against Russia.

Ceasefire set to begin on Dec. 30

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed a ceasefire agreed by Bashar al-Assad’s regime and opposition groups, as well as the upcoming Astana talks, in a phone conversation on Dec. 29. Erdoğan and Putin exchanged their views on the ceasefire agreement that is set to begin on Dec. 30, which could be brokered by the joint efforts of Ankara and Moscow as guarantor countries. The two leaders also spoke about the upcoming Astana talks expected to be held between the al-Assad regime and the opposition groups with the objective of facilitating a political transitional process to end six years of unrest in Syria. Turkey, Iran and Russia signed a joint declaration on Dec. 20 to launch a new process that would provide a nationwide cease-fire and a resolution to the conflict through political means.

Meeting between Russia, Chins and Pakistan to discuss about security in Afghanistan

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Russia, China and Pakistan met on 27 of December in Moscow, to discuss about security and also about the increasing of terroristic activities and attacks in Afghanistan by groups like IS. However there was no inclusion of Afghanistan in the meeting. The participants focused on the necessary to continue the efforts to assist the reconciliation process in the country and the promotion of peace but the Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Shekib Mostaghni said that the meeting without any representatives of Afghanistan does not make sense. It could be easily read like an interference in the national affairs.

Possible expansion of the cease-fire between government and opposition groups to all of Syria

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Turkey and Russia are close to brokering a new agreement that would expand a cease-fire between the government and opposition groups to all of Syria. Turkey and Russia have already secured the safe evacuation of civilians and fighters from eastern Aleppo two weeks ago and have been working to expand the cease-fire that is going to be discuss in Astana. There are still talks ongoing on who will participate in the Astana talks. The Minister stated that terror organizations would be excluded from the cease-fire. He also added that the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) would not attend the Astana talks. The PYD is considered a terror organization by Turkish government due to its link to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), with which it has been fighting against since mid-1980s.

Trump’s desire to back out from JCPOA is a violation of international law

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Alexander Azadgan,a multi-awarded professor of Strategic Global Management & International Political Economy, said in an interview with the Tasnim News Agency: “This was an agreement between Tehran and Washington plus five other superpowers. So Mr. Trump, you know, by expressing such a fanatical desire to want to back out of this deal, would be (acting) in violation of international law,” for him nothing has been implemented yet but even a rhetoric level that Mr. Trump has exhibited is very dangerous. The situation is complicated “Now, Russia and China have clearly been Iran’s allies throughout this whole process or procedure and on the other hand we have these two nations of Britain and France who have been playing a very corrosive role in the Middle East and their ships always sail in the same direction as Washington.”

President Putin hopes to meet President-elect Trump soon in Washington

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Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to the press in the usual year-end speech, he responded to questions on various topics, spoke highly of the U.S.-Russia relationship, not good during the eight years of the Obama presidency. Putin praised the decisions of President-elect Donald Trump, with which it hopes to meet soon in Washington, has harshly criticized both President Obama and Hillary Clinton, in particular has once again rejected accusations of interference in the elections of November, accusing the leaders of the Democratic Party of lying to voters.

Iran and Russia on ways to boost defense cooperation

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Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shaigo, exchanged views about a range of issues, including ways to boost defense cooperation between Iran and Russia and the latest developments in Syria’s embattled city of Aleppo. They need to continue joint efforts in the campaign against terrorism and other sources of insecurity in the region. Later on the same day, the Defense Ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey were scheduled to hold trilateral talks in the Russian capital on the latest developments about the evacuation of people from Aleppo.

Russia and NATO disagree on the crisis in Ukraine

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After a NATO-Russia summit held on Monday in Brussels, the Bloc’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the 28-nation military alliance and Russia “have profound disagreements on the crisis” in Ukraine. He remarked the NATO “strong support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” and insisted that it would never “recognize Russia’s illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea.” NATO suspended cooperation with Russia in April 2014 over Moscow’s role in Ukraine. Formal talks resumed in April after an almost two-year break. Stoltenberg underlined that the new meeting “does not indicate a return to business as usual.”

Meeting between the Syrian, Turkish and Russian Ministers

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says a cease-fire in Syria should not cover terrorist groups like the Islamic State group and the Fatah al-Sham Front, as well as Lebanon’s Hezbollah which fights on the government side. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who chaired Tuesday’s talks, did not openly disagree with Cavusoglu. But he mentioned that some groups operating in Syria “were invited by the government of Bashar Assad,” implying that Hezbollah’s presence in Syria is as legitimate as Russia’s own role. The Iranian Minister said that Iran “respects” Turkey’s stance, but added that “other countries don’t accept” it.

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