Turkey
Ukraine approves strategy to “recover” Crimea, threatening all-out war with Russia
By Jason Melanovski
Mar. 19, 2021
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced this week that the country’s National Security and Defense Council had approved a strategy...
Women’s rights: Outrage as Erdogan pulls Turkey out of European treaty...
Mar. 20, 2021
Turkey has withdrawn from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago,...
Remembering forced migrations: The 1964 expulsion of Greeks from Istanbul
By Ilay Romain Ors*
Mar.16, 2021
photo:A Greek family is seen on a bridge at the Evros River in northern Greece after being expelled from Istanbul...
Online ‘auctions’ of Yazidi captives speak of ongoing Islamic State activity...
The rescue of a 7-year-old Yazidi captive in Ankara raises questions about how hard Turkey is trying to tackle Islamic State militants in the...
US Policy, Terrorism and Syria
While Joe Biden has faced some mild Congressional pushback for bombing the Iraq-Syria border, Tulsi Gabbard says her former colleagues are ignoring the larger...
India blasts Turkey’s violations of UN Security Council resolutions on Cyprus
By Paul Antonopoulos
Feb.25, 2021
India’s Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to the UN, blasted Turkey on Wednesday about its violations of United Nations Security...
Continued Israeli airstrikes on Syria are testing Moscow’s patience, Jerusalem would...
By Scott Ritter*
Mar. 3, 2021
How Russia responds to Israel's attacks on Iranian targets inside Syria could make all the difference as to whether the...
‘No one cares if we die’: Ex-Syrian rebels recount Nagorno-Karabakh nightmare...
Repurposed into a mercenary force by Erdogan’s Turkey, the remnants of Syria’s armed opposition were sent off to fight for Azerbaijan with promises of...
Nigeria deepens security ties with Egypt to battle Boko Haram
By George Mikhail
Feb.8, 2021
Egypt is concentrating on strengthening its economic and security influence in Nigeria and consolidating relations with the ruling regime there. On...
Greek Defense Chief Says War with Turkey Loomed Three Times
Feb.3, 2021
ΑΤΗΕΝS -- Tension was so high in 2020 with Turkey hunting for oil and gas off the Greek island of Kastellorizo that the...