Sami Anan in 2016. Anan was jailed earlier this month after announcing his intention to run against current Egyptian leader Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. On Feb. 19, the Washington Post published a report by Aya Hijazi, Aya [ More … ]
The European Parliament issued a resolution on executions in Egypt on 8 February, expressing concerns that “strict procedures are in place within the country’s legal system in cases where the death penalty is applicable.” The European [ More … ]
One of the serious medium- and long-term challenges facing Africa and the African Union is the proliferation of military bases established on the continent by foreign powers. These have the potential to threaten national and [ More … ]
‘We can mirror efforts of the European Union, its ability to find common ground to rebuild and prosper,’ Qatar’s emir says Middle Eastern states should put their differences behind them and forge a security pact modelled on [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay Those who have had no intentions regarding peace while thousands of truckloads of arms have been supplied for years to an organization on Turkey’s border, whose hostility toward Turkey is blatant, and [ More … ]
Despite al-Sisi’s effort to vanish any political competitor from his way in the upcoming elections, it seems that things will get tougher for him in the coming weeks 2018 presidential elections In fact, 2018 presidential elections [ More … ]
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says ‘no other NATO ally has suffered more terrorist attacks’ Amid the current Turkish-led counter-terrorist operation in Syria, Turkey has genuine security concerns, NATO’s chief said Wednesday. “Turkey has some legitimate [ More … ]
Long-standing rivals Greece and Greek Cyprus appear determined not to allow Turkey calm waters in these seas Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned international oil and gas companies not to become political instruments of [ More … ]
Drones captured footage of terrorists dressed as civilians launching attacks on Turkey, before being neutralized by the Turkish army Drone footage shows YPG/PKK terrorists conducting attacks targeting Turkey from residential areas in Syria’s Afrin in [ More … ]
The UAE has sent F-18 warplanes to enhance its military presence at the Mohamed Naguib Military Base, north-west of Egypt, a military source said. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the New Al-Khaleej that [ More … ]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz late Tuesday in which the two leaders discussed Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch launched against terrorist groups in Syria’s Afrin. In the [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* Turkey has been hosting 3.5 million guests who had to take refuge in our country to save their lives since the civil war started in Syria. In addition to this, it is estimated that [ More … ]
Egyptian presidential elections expected to be dominated by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi next month will be “neither free nor fair”, more than a dozen human rights groups said Tuesday. “The Egyptian government has trampled over even [ More … ]
Egyptian police on Tuesday took former anti-corruption chief Hisham Genena, who had been helping run the election campaign of a challenger to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to the military prosecutor’s office, his family said. Genena had [ More … ]
Strained by American support for a terrorist group in Syria, Turkish relations with the U.S. are close to breaking, warned Turkey’s foreign minister on Monday. “Ties with the U.S. are at very critical point. We [ More … ]
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