Economic prosperity, health and happiness for 2017
BY: TAHA MELI ARVAS* It is difficult to write a finance column in times of great tragedy and so I would like to preface with some thoughts on the attack that took place on New Year’s [ More … ]
BY: TAHA MELI ARVAS* It is difficult to write a finance column in times of great tragedy and so I would like to preface with some thoughts on the attack that took place on New Year’s [ More … ]
By: Tamer Korkmaz* In 2016, Turkey was under the attack of the terrorist consortium (the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ), the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Daesh) under the leadership of the killer U.S. It was only [ More … ]
The water crisis in Damascus exacerbated due to Assad regime’s military operations in Wadi Barada valley region which provides the city with water, while the rebels declared the freezing of their participation in the Syria peace talks [ More … ]
Egyptians have protested again against the handover of Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia after the government sent the agreement to the Egyptian parliament for ratification. A group of activists gathered in front of the [ More … ]
Musa al-Koni, the deputy leader of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), announced his resignation yesterday Al-Koni said the U.N.-backed administration had failed to tackle urgent problems arising from years of conflict and political disarray. [ More … ]
The latest phone call between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has widely opened the door to wondering about the sudden Turkish change toward Iraq after a period of verbal [ More … ]
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is planning to visit Iraq sometime later this week, sources at the prime ministry told Anadolu Agency on Monday. The visit of Turkish PM Binali Yildirim to Iraq will be [ More … ]
The surprises of 2017 are coming from the very first day. Sameh Abu Arayes, one of the supporters of al-Sisi and the military coup in 2013 has criticized the al-Sisi regime and publicly apologized to Morsi [ More … ]
Syrian rebel factions said they are freezing any participation in the peace talks, which are brokered by Russia, Iran, and Turkey and aim at finding a political solution to the Syrian crisis, due to repeated violations [ More … ]
BY: MERYEM İLAYDA ATLAS* This is the first time Turkey is facing a terror attack on New Year’s, a very bloody attack targeting Turkey’s prosperity, peace and stability. Millions of people rang in the new year [ More … ]
BY: Yusuf Kaplan* The violent terror attack that happened in Reina nightclub is informing us of the danger in the making: They are trying to create Alevi-Sunni tension and chaos through a “secular lifestyle” and secularism. [ More … ]
Israeli news website for Intelligence affairs ‘Nziv Net’ claimed that Egypt is about to train four Iraqi army units on war against terrorism, in the light of the rapprochement between Egypt and the Iranian axis [ More … ]
Wael Shalaby, the former Secretary-General of Egypt’s State Council committed suicide while in custody on Monday, according to judicial source at the State Security Prosecution. Shalaby had been arrested on Sunday and given a 44-day [ More … ]
Some 22 Daesh terrorists were killed in northern Syria and 111 Daesh targets were hit as part of Turkey-led Operation Euphrates Shield, according to Turkish military source Twenty-two Daesh terrorists have been killed in northern Syrian [ More … ]
Bridges, highways, mountain tunnels and even space satellites mark a huge year for Turkish projects With the completion of Istanbul’s third transcontinental bridge, the Istanbul-İzmir Highway Project, the world’s fourth longest suspension bridge, plus the [ More … ]
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