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: 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 … ]
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 … ]
Al-Qaeda chief says embassy move is evidence negotiations and ‘appeasement’ have failed Palestinians Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri on Sunday said America’s decision to shift its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem was evidence that negotiations and “appeasement” [ More … ]
The most significant foreign policy move of the Trump presidency so far risks confrontation with Tehran and feeds growing rift with Europe. The international community condemns Trump’s decision to nix Iran nuclear deal but Israel, Saudi [ More … ]
Chinese president Xi Jinping discarded term limits and is preparing to rule for life like an emperor of old. Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is preparing to follow Xi’s example as his supporters propose similarly [ More … ]
The new US secretary of state said that there was ‘overlap’ between Saudi Arabia and the US on how to deal with the Gulf crisis Washington’s new chief diplomat lashed out at Iran on Sunday [ More … ]
‘Our goal is to bring political solution, peace in Syria,’ says Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu Turkey is not taking sides between Russia and the U.S., Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday. “We are [ More … ]
The presidential election in Egypt will take place March 26-28, and it is widely understood that the serving president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, will be the winner. In the midst of an ongoing crackdown on opposition and [ More … ]
“One year ago, two young princes began to forge a friendship at a lunch meeting in the White House’s regal State Dining Room,” Washington Post started to narrate the story of the relation between Trump’s son-in-law [ More … ]
Trump wants to get the U.S. out of Syria’s war, so he asked the Saudi king for $4 billion, reports the Washington Post. In a December phone call with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, President Trump had [ More … ]
Iran labelled ‘common enemy’ of Israel and Arab Gulf states while Palestinian leadership comes in for criticism. The chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in the United States has praised [ More … ]
An adviser to the United Arab Emirates with ties to current and former aides to President Trump is cooperating with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and gave testimony last week to a grand [ More … ]
BY: Mohamed Abu Saada* Introduction U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday, February 15, 2018 in attempt to calm the tense relations between the two countries [ More … ]
It was reported this week that Turkish and U.S. delegations will start their meetings next week It was reported this week that Turkish and U.S. delegations will start their meetings next week. A few weeks [ More … ]
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