Syria
Saudi Troops Join U.S. Base In Oil-Rich Northern Syria
By Josh Owens
Aug 28, 2020
Twenty Saudi soldiers arrived this week at a U.S. military base close to an oilfield in northeastern Syria, according to...
How much does Erdogan’s ‘coercive diplomacy’ benefit Turkey?
If mishandled, Turkey’s threats of military action could trigger an uncontrolled escalation, leaving Ankara facing difficult choices.
By Semih Idiz
Aug 27, 2020
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
There is a historic change taking place in the Middle East...
The normalisation of relations between Israel and the UAE will help Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu politically – but there are more important things happening
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Israel Says 1/3 of Syrian Air Defenses Destroyed in Past Two...
IAF says strikes likely to slow down as tensions rise elsewhere
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The Israeli Air Force has offered new details...
Beirut blasts intensify economic and political crisis in Lebanon
Decades of neoliberal policies have made Lebanon among the most unequal societies in the world, and social and economic discontent is expected to grow...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader ‘categorically denies’ storing arms at Beirut blast site
07/08/2020
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday strongly denied that his powerful Shiite movement had stored arms at Beirut's port, describing the cataclysmic explosion there...
The Coming Middle East Conflagration
Israel is bracing itself for war with Iranian proxies, as Tehran escalates its provocations. But what will the United States do if conflict comes?
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Erdogan could not Islamize minds, so he is Islamizing stones instead’
Ezgi Başaran writes: French political scientist Professor Olivier Roy, who, since the mid-‘90s, has argued that the Islamist project has failed, says Atatürk’s secularism...
Une guerre gréco-turque est-elle possible ? Ses implications potentielles pour l’UE,...
Par Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Jul18, 2020
Dans un article précédent, nous avons discuté de la décision d'Ankara de transformer Sainte-Sophie en mosquée dans le contexte stratégique plus...
Is a Greek – Turkish War possible? Its potential implications for...
Βy Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
In a previous article we discussed the decision of Ankara to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque in the wider and changing...