In Oil-Producing Iran, Renewables Are Booming
OSLO — Renewable energy is booming in Iran, where installed capacity is expected to grow at least sevenfold over the next five years, despite U.S….
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Trump’s Iran Policy Is a Headache for EU Business
European politicians treated Donald Trump’s new Iran policy as America going rogue. Europe’s businesses can’t afford to be so dismissive. On Friday, Trump refused to…
Iranian Foreign Minister: Foreign Meddling Has Wrought a Fractured Middle East
Iranians live in a troubled and unstable region. We cannot change geography, but our neighborhood was not always so stormy. Without delving too far back…
Syria: First Atrocities Trials Held in Europe
(New York) – Efforts to bring those responsible for atrocities in Syria before European courts are starting to bear fruit, notably in Swedish and German…
If the U.S. Reimposes Sanctions on Iran, Allies Will Follow
We will not be able to coerce Europe, Russia, and China into shunning Iran’s economy over policy interests that they do not share.” — Adam…
Europe’s Policy Options on Turkey
A generation of Europeans—myself among them—were raised in the painful memory of two world wars and devoted a lifetime to building a peaceful European Union…
Syria Drops Off The Radar At UN Assembly
UNITED NATIONS: Syria’s war has taken a new turn with the expected recapture of Raqa from the Islamic State, but world leaders gathered at the…
A letter from Turkey’s ambassador to the EU
I wish to express at the outset that, thanks to EUobserver’s balanced coverage, we are able to follow developments closely on a wide range of…
Could Russia abandon Syria? It’s happened before
Shaun Walker, the Moscow correspondent of the Guardian, is rather a brave man. He recently accepted the Russian government’s invitation to visit Syria and to…
Turkey summons German ambassador as tensions mount
BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkey summoned Germany’s ambassador to its foreign ministry on Monday, Berlin said, amid a mounting row between the two NATO powers. Der…