Army chief of staff, ministers and top commanders of ground and air defence forces replaced, in series of royal decrees. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has fired his top military commanders and reshuffled his cabinet in [ More … ]
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 number of civilians sentenced to death in Egypt’s military courts leapt from 60 in 2016 to at least 112 in 2017, according to two independent rights groups. Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected civilian [ More … ]
An Egyptian human rights organization stated on Sunday that 254 people have “forcibly disappeared” in the country over the past six months. While the Egyptian authorities repeatedly deny the cases of “enforced disappearance” in the [ More … ]
An operation is expected to launch against militants near informal refugee camps in the Lebanon’s east, the prime minister said on Tuesday. Lebanese security forces will launch an operation against militants near informal refugee camps [ More … ]
A fresh batch of Turkish troops arrived in Qatar on Tuesday, to carry out joint training exercises as part of an Ankara-Qatar military agreement. Qatar’s ministry of defense announced the arrival of the sixth batch [ More … ]
BY: MERVE ŞEBNEM ORUÇ* On the night of July 15, Gülenists attempted not just an ordinary coup, but a deadly terrorist putsch, mercilessly killing hundreds of civilians Saturday, July 15, 2017 marked the anniversary of Turkey’s [ More … ]
BY: İBRAHIM KALIN* The Gülenist coup attempt was also an act of invasion in the widest sense of the term – invading not only people’s lives and state’s institutions but also the hearts and minds of [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* The harshest attack in Turkey’s history took place a year ago today, on July 15. Our history-making nation faced the most deplorable example of a never-before-seen treachery in the thousand years of Anatolia. [ More … ]
The UN has accused the UAE of supplying military aircraft to Khalifa Haftar in violation of a UN arms embargo Days after he announced taking Libya’s second city from militants, Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar met [ More … ]
The Egyptian military also said it killed 40 militants as it clashed with assailants in North Sinai Twenty-six Egyptian soldiers were killed or wounded on Friday in attacks on checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula where [ More … ]
Qatar’s defiant defence minister, Khaled Al-Attiyah said the country was prepared to defend itself if necessary, amid ongoing political escalations in the Gulf. Qatar is prepared to defend itself if necessary, Qatar’s Minister of State [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* Exactly four years ago, the bloodiest and most savage military coup of the 21st century was perpetrated against Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president in its 4,000-year history. Morsi was sent directly [ More … ]
BY: YAHYA BOSTAN* Turkish military presence in Qatar is highly important for the stability and security of not only Qatar but the entire Gulf region. In recent weeks, Turkey’s military base in Qatar became a hot-button [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch has called on Lebanese authorities to hold soldiers responsible for the “unlawful” public beatings of protesters last week in the capital Beirut. A rights group has called on the Lebanese authorities to [ More … ]
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