Category: Commentary
Since the end of the 18th century, the Black Sea has been a political and military battleground between Turkey and Russia. The pressure on the Black Sea and the Turkish Straits has been felt continuously ...
Turkey and Lebanon are the least positive nations in the world, according to Gallup’s 2021 Global Emotions Report. The 2021 Global Emotions report offers a snapshot of Gallup’s latest measurements of people’s positive and negative daily ...
Syrian refugees in Turkey are once again being targeted by hate speech and are blamed for many of Turkey’s social and economic ills following a statement from Turkey’s main opposition leader, who vowed to send ...
Two of my grandchildren — one nicknamed Nancy (12) and another baptized David (8), born of the same mother and father — have something in common when it comes to saying our evening prayers. Normally ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced last week that he had “good news” to share in Cyprus, where he was going to participate in celebrations of the 47th anniversary of Turkey’s military operation to stop ...
The source went on to claim that Russia’s demands might involve closing off “all possible targets” inside Syria. The author notes that in the past, Moscow did not object to attacks on Iranian targets in ...
A recent analysis of Middle Eastern states’ interventionist policies suggests that misguided big power approaches have fueled a vicious cycle of interference and instability over the last decade. Those approaches are abetted, if not encouraged by US ...
Long considered one of the few success stories that sprang from the Arab Spring, Tunisia has seen its president accused of staging a coup after he sacked his prime minister and suspended parliament with the ...
Turkish officials have condemned Tunisia’s president over his stunning power grab — sacking the prime minister, suspending the parliament and the immunity of all lawmakers, and appointing himself prosecutor-general late Sunday — with members of Turkey’s ruling ...
The Syrian people enduring a 10-year-long civil war are experiencing arguably the worst human tragedy of the 21st century. More than 13 million Syrians remain displaced and are in dire need of humanitarian aid and ...