Turkey’s leg of the Silk Road could be smoother
Turkish politicians and the media tend to quote staggering numbers when discussing strategic equations, as they are doing now regarding the BTK railway project connecting Baku in Azerbaijan, Tblisi in…
Israel is not a democracy as long as the occupation exists
As in every year, the run-up to the commemoration of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin last week was full of attempts to describe Jewish existence…
Iran: Hariri resignation aims to stoke regional tension
Iran has said that the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday aims to “create tension in Lebanon and the entire region”. In a statement on Iran’s state…
Assaults in Syria and Iraq oust IS from border bastions
Syrian troops ousted Islamic State extremists Friday from Deir el-Zour, a major city in eastern Syria, while Iraqi forces retook Qaim, the group’s last big town across…
Why the Kurds Are Paying for Trump’s Gift to Iran
Najmaldin Karim, the governor of the Kirkuk governorate, was at his official residence on October 16 when American special forces showed up. They warned him…
Turkey’s plan to acquire Russia’s S-400 air-defense system may never happen,
While Russia continues to tout the planned sale of its S-400 strategic air-defense system to Turkey, some U.S. analysts are growing more skeptical about the deal. On Thursday,…
Netanyahu: Iran is ‘devouring’ nations; Israel won’t let it dominate Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that the threat posed by Iran to its Middle Eastern neighbors was driving them into hitherto unthinkable alliances with…
Iran displays missile during anniversary of embassy takeover
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran is displaying a surface-to-surface missile as part of events marking the anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover and hostage crisis….
Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran rearing economic nucleus
The heads of state of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran met in Tehran on Wednesday as the second leg of a tripartite meeting series, which addresses…
Timeline: Key dates of Daesh in Iraq, Syria
Beirut: Daesh has been driven from most of the swathes of territory it once held in Iraq and Syria, now reduced to pockets of the…