Turkey’s march on Manbij stalled by wall of reality
Turkey’s Syria adventure is heading into deeper uncertainty, facing obscure American and Russian moves and the bitter realities of the field. The idea was to…
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Saudi woman defies stereotypes, works as handywoman
A Saudi woman carrying a bag of woodwork and plumbing equipment, hammers and saws to repair doors and install windpipes in her house has become…
Syrian Militias Enter Afrin, Dealing a Setback to Turkey
ISTANBUL — Militias loyal to the Syrian government swept into the northwestern enclave of Afrin on Thursday in support of Kurdish militias, reclaiming the territory…
Dubai chambers host Eurasian, African agri-food companies
Hosted on the sidelines of Gulfood 2018, the events were held within two days, and attended by delegates from the UAE, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine…
Oil from sunken Iran tanker reached Japan shores
Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi, the Japan Coast…
Azerbaijan-EU relations discussed in Baku
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has received a delegation led by EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said in…
Syria has become a gruesome cockpit once again
The abiding image from this past weekend’s security conference here was of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu theatrically brandishing a piece of an Iranian drone shot down over…
How will Iraq contain Iran’s proxies?
In June 2014, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the leading Shiite clergyman in the world, called on all able-bodied Iraqis to defend their country against the…
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to strengthen parliamentary relations
Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Khan Hasham bin Saddique met with members of Saudi-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Committee in the Shoura Council led by the committee’s…
Turkey’s bark worse than its bite, Greek website says
Ankara’s bellicose rhetoric and a spate of recent incidents in the Aegean have led to fears of war igniting between Turkey and Greece, journalist wrote…