Tag: Iran
The Turkish Foreign Ministry’s belated statement in response to the Soleimani killing reflects the government’s deep confusion regarding its regional interests. The Turkish Foreign Ministry, which is usually quick to weigh in on world affairs, ...
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,278, September 5, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: If the world press is anything to go by, the Turkey-Iran courtship is getting serious, and Russia is playing best man. The two countries’ strengthening ...
Erdogan faces a dilemma: surrender to US diktats or align with Russia, China and Iran As a new bipolar world order emerges pitting the United States and its Western allies against Russia and China’s growing ...
Despite criticizing the U.S. decision not to extend any sanction waivers for Iranian oil customers, Turkey appears to be fully complying with the U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing tanker tracking data. Turkey ...
Recent reports suggest that Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton, together with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, are “doing everything possible to instigate a war with Iran”. Will they succeed? Bolton-Pompeo are involved in deliberate acts of provocation. The Abraham Lincoln carrier ...
As if the Syrian Conflict couldn’t get any more complicated, a new proxy war is brewing between several foreign powers in the northern part of the country. Speaking from Damascus on the condition of anonymity, ...
The Arab League met on November 19, 2017 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The Baghdad Summit is scheduled to take place on April 20th with several Middle Eastern countries set to participate in this conference ...
The 1979 departure of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi from Iran, followed by the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, provoked mixed feelings in Turkey. Initially, many in Turkey saw these developments as a reaction to the ...
Being known as partners within the framework of Astana peace process for Syria, Tehran and Ankara have welcomed the idea of further regional cooperation. However, recent reports of a joint Iranian-Turkish military operation against PKK, ...
Although some observers believe that Turkey’s importance to the United States and other Western governments will increase after the assassination of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani, they shouldn’t be too quick to arrive at such conclusions ...