by Mohammed Kneineh
March 7 Iraq’s parliamentary elections could define the future of the war-stricken Arab country. It is hoped that new political forces, aiming to build institutions of national character, would emerge. Yet, the strong competition among the regional and factional Iraqi forces could deem this hope unrealistic. The electoral scene will witness a violent struggle between these forces and it will be difficult to determine how things could go.

Its not the first time that President Al-Assad talks about the relationships between Syria and Turkey and their future horizons, and about the importance of the Turkish role in the area.

While Germany represents the heart of Europe, and one of the most powerful international economy, and one of the two sides of the German–French cooperation, Russia with its huge economical wealth and very important geographic location represents the link between Europe And Asia—all of these increase the importance of the Russian–German relationships.