Capture of compound – a key supply route for aid into the country – would be a significant gain for the pro-government alliance Forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition fighting for Yemen’s main port city [ More … ]
Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has said that Turkey and Malaysia needs to be economically strong to help the Muslim Ummah (community). Malaysia is willing to work with Turkey to help refugees, [ More … ]
The U.S. Senate took a step late Monday to block the delivery of F-35 warplanes to Turkey with an amendment in a $716 billion defense policy bill. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill containing [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* We had previously stated that the image of Turkey reflected on the screens of Saudi Arabia and the image of Saudi Arabia reflected on Turkey’s screens are not pleasant at all nowadays. [ More … ]
Qatari government says UAE has violated an international discrimination convention while Emirati minister says its another of Doha’s ‘lies’ The government of Qatar took the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations’ International Court of [ More … ]
By: İbrahim Karagül Foreign Affairs magazine published an issue with the cover reading, “Is democracy dying?” Based on the regress and weakening of democracy worldwide, the theme “the end of the period of democracy” is [ More … ]
At least 124 Palestinians, including journalists and medics, have been shot dead by Israelis in Gaza since late March Israeli troops killed four Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others on Friday with live fire and [ More … ]
Turks living abroad cast the first votes in the June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday, officially starting the election race of candidates and Turkish political parties. Voting began at airports and border gates [ More … ]
Kurdish military commander says Washington and Ankara’s plans for flashpoint northern city are premature Turkey and the United States have agreed on a roadmap for Syria’s Manbij that would see the Kurdish YPG militia leave [ More … ]
Four main Libyan political leaders attended a peace conference in Paris on Tuesday and agreed to hold elections in December Libyan rival factions agreed on Tuesday to hold elections on 10 December. The agreement was [ More … ]
Over the past few years, the term “enforced disappearance” has emerged on the surface of volatile and accelerating political events. The Egyptians were not familiar with such violation which deprives a person from law protection, [ More … ]
On his recent high-profile tour of the United States, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, met with executives from Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Disney, Warner Bros. and Lockheed Martin, among others, journeying from Wall [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* Turkey and Saudi Arabia are the two most important countries of the Sunni Muslim world. Regional and global developments bind these two countries’ fates together. The developments in one country inevitably impact [ More … ]
Erdogan on Saturday said Ankara and Moscow reached an agreement to reduce the price of the natural gas imported from Russia by 10.25 percent after long negotiations. Speaking at a rally of the ruling Justice [ More … ]
Dr. Ahmed Zikrallah* Despite the economic measures taken by the Egyptian government to support the domestic and foreign investment climate – most notably the issuance of new laws to regulate investment, companies, capital market, and [ More … ]
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