The game is changing in Syria
By: Çetiner Çetin* Every day we are waking up to a new variable in the Syria equitation which cannot be resolved for almost six years. While various domestic and foreign players are changing the guard [ More … ]
By: Çetiner Çetin* Every day we are waking up to a new variable in the Syria equitation which cannot be resolved for almost six years. While various domestic and foreign players are changing the guard [ More … ]
On December 2, King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in the UAE on his first visit to the Emirates since ascending to the throne, as part of a regional tour, including Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. [ More … ]
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has recently been in the United States of America on an official visit which is the first of its kind by an Egyptian official following the election of Trump earlier [ More … ]
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani demanded on Sunday that Barack Obama should block an extension of sanctions passed by the U.S. Congress, saying Tehran would otherwise “firmly respond”, but will not abandon the nuclear deal. Barack Obama, The former [ More … ]
Assad regime and his allies became close than ever to retrieving Aleppo from the rebels driving more than 275.000 civilians to unknown future, in addition to bringing the Syrian people’s dreams in freedom to an [ More … ]
Hundreds of people left the besieged towns of Khan al-Shih and al-Tal southwest of Damascus on Monday under a deal with the Assad regime, after many previous similar deals were made in rural Damascus making [ More … ]
By: Dr. Sadık Ünay* Would it be too much of an exaggeration to say that the conventional “right and left” political categories are beginning to lose meaning in light of the recent restructuration of political architecture [ More … ]
Jailed Palestinian resistance icon Marwan Barghouti won most votes in Fatah movement’s main decision-making body, preliminary results showed Sunday. The vote was held Saturday to elect 18 members of the 21-seat committee on the sidelines [ More … ]
Turkey and Russia have called for a cease-fire as a first step to ending Syria’s five-year conflict. Both countries are united in understanding the need to provide humanitarian aid and fight terrorism there. Turkish Foreign [ More … ]
By: Ali Saydam* İlker Başbuğ visited China upon an invitation from Shanghai University. Accompanying him were former War Colleges Commander retired Chief Marshall Bilgin Bananlı, retired Vice Admiral Kadir Sağdıç and IT specialist Murat Başbuğ [ More … ]
The Constitutional Court declared the unconstitutionality of Article 10 of the Protest Law on Saturday. This article would give the Ministry of Interior the right to ban protests. 3 years after Egypt’s Protest Law: 37,000 [ More … ]
Assad regime and allied forces pushed harder on the ground and intensified airstrikes on rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo, on the 20th of an offensive that has cost the rebels half of their stronghold and forced [ More … ]
By: MERVE ŞEBNEM ORUÇ* EU Minister Ömer Çelik’s words on how to normalize the freezing relations between Turkey and the EU provides a solution, saying, ‘It is better talking to each other than talking about [ More … ]
After the latest offensive by Assad regime has cost the Syrian rebels more than the third of their held parts in Aleppo, Russia said on Saturday it was ready for talks with the United States about [ More … ]
A delegation from the Yemeni Houthi Ansarullah movement has traveled to China on a 3-day visit to hold talks with senior officials over the conflict in their country. The visit which was described by the pro-Houthi Al-Masirah [ More … ]
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