Pelosi Opens Discussions on Biden’s Candidacy Eligibility…Case Open until August 19. Putin Meets Erdogan Today: Meeting with Assad a Priority from Gateway of Turkish Withdrawal. Netanyahu and His Army Admit Failure in Gaza by Partial Withdrawal with Al Mukawama in Pursuit.

Albinaa’ Newspaper Headline July 3, 2024.

Nasser Kandil, Political Editor, wrote:

Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker, and mouthpiece of the opposition to Presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi’s declaration about the legitimacy of questioning President Joe Biden’s health and his eligibility to undertake the responsibility of candidacy to win the Presidency and run the country for a full presidential term heralds discussions by front liners in the Democratic Party about replacing Biden, despite Biden Campaign’s repeated denial of any serious inclination among Democrats in this direction. Some observers have noted former Presidents Clinton’s and Obama’s loss of enthusiasm by not posting tweets supporting Biden’s candidacy after his dismal performance in his first debate with Trump, a debate rarely occurring between presidential candidates before the formal declaration of their candidacy by their respective party, which seemed a test before the final candidacy selection, or that the debate gave the opportunity for the discussion prior to the final selection. It is expected for the Democrats to name their candidate in their convention on August 19, which explains the heated comments accompanying preparations for the convention, and expectations for the decision to be reached before that date.
Regionally, the scene in Southern Turkey and Northern Syria took prominence, with the explosion of confrontations, retaliatory acts, and racist discourse between the antagonistic allies,
the Turkish State and the armed factions which Turkey provided assistance and support to over the past decade. Racist acts against Syrians in South Turkey expressed, in the midst of the general economic decline, a general wave linking the economic decline with the large number of Syrian refugees absorbed by Turkey. This came in concert with the burning of the Turkish flag in many areas in Northern Syria controlled by the armed factions, the organization of meetings and launch of slogans against Turkey, and attacks on Turkish military positions by angry supporters of the Syrian opposition, blaming Turkey for cutting a deal with the Syrian State at the opposition’s expense, an opposition represented by military terrorist organizations headed by ISIS and Al Qaeda in its different labels such as Al Nusra Front and Tahreer Al Shaam Organization.
In this context, Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, is hosting a meeting for the leaders of the Shanghai Group, during which a meeting is expected between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Rajab Erdogan, with Turkish-Syrian reconciliation dossier looming large, along with the issue of a meeting at the presidential level getting together the Turkish President with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Preceding such expected meeting is Turkey’s agreement to Syrian conditions of commitment to Turkish military withdrawal from Syrian territories, and Syrian commitment to Turkish security in Syrian territories.
On the war fronts between Al Mukawama and the Occupation forces in Gaza and Southern Lebanon, the Occupation’s government announced the beginning of transition to what it calls the third phase of the war, consisting of withdrawal from civilian inhabited areas in Gaza, with repositioning at points on Gaza’s border with Egypt and on Gaza Envelope settlements in the north and east, and holding on to control over the Netzarim Corridor which divides Gaza in northern and southern halves. Such withdrawal, in the opinion of many former Occupation Generals, is an admission of military failure and empty handedness and the absence of alternatives after the failed Rafah battle on one hand, and military impotence in tolerating perseverance at the current combat pace, and the speculation the such withdrawal will result in de-escalation, which could be mirrored by de-escalation on Lebanon’s front. Sources tracking
Al Mukawama’s position state that Al Mukawama in Gaza and Lebanon will not undertake any action which could serve the Occupation’s goal of evading an agreement to end the war, which the so called de-escalation aims for, and the solution is either a complete retreat from Gaza under fire, or a speedy agreement which ends the war and guarantees retreat.