Ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Gulf tour which will include Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, Ankara is working to maximize economic cooperation with regional states in a bid to ease its foreign currency crunch. Speaking ahead of his Gulf tour on that starts on Monday, Turkish President …
Read More »Erdogan’s NATO moves agitate Russia but don’t spell Turkey’s sharp shift to West
The Turkish leader is navigating Ankara’s relationships in ways that he believes best benefit Turkey’s interests and above all his own political survival. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “U-turn” on Sweden’s accession to NATO during the alliance summit in Vilnius has prompted a flurry of Western commentary on how Turkey …
Read More »Ireland-Based Exiled Fatah Militant Jihad Jara: Fatah’s Military Wing, The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Must Return To Fray ‘In Full Force’; Palestinian Authority Security Forces Led And Still Lead The Intifada
Ireland-based exiled Fatah militant Jihad Jara said on a July 6, 2023 show on Awda TV (Palestinian Authority) that Fatah’s military wing, the Al-Aqsa martyrs’ Brigades, must “return to the fray in full force,” becoming a “deterring force, defending all the Palestinians.” He continued to say that it was the …
Read More »Iran summons Russia’s ambassador over UAE islands dispute
On Monday, Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a statement calling for a “a peaceful solution” to the dispute over the Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunbs islands “in accordance with international law.” Iran on Wednesday summoned Russia’s ambassador in Tehran, Alexey Dedov, after a statement Moscow …
Read More »Iran in quest for foothold in Africa as Raisi sets out for landmark visits
The Iranian delegation looks to sign agreements in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe, looking also on the horizon to engage in a tight race with such foreign investors as China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi embarks today at the helm of a large delegation to …
Read More »OPEC oil export revenues surpass $870 billion, highest in decade
The revenues from the Organization of Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries peaked in 2012, when they reached $1.2 trillion. The overall crude export revenues of the Organization of Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) soared to their highest levels in nearly a decade in 2022 amid rising oil prices due to the …
Read More »Turkey unlikely to ratify Sweden’s NATO entry before October, says Erdogan
The comments clearly signal that the drama over Sweden’s accession is not over, and Turkey’s push to overcome Congressional sanctions and acquire F-16 fighter jets remains the main sticking point. As NATO leaders continue to applaud Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his last minute U-turn greenlighting Sweden’s NATO membership …
Read More »Turkiye intelligence agency exposes ‘ghost’ network of Mossad operatives
Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) has exposed a vast “ghost” network of dozens of operatives working for the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, in the latest Turkish operation to bust a foreign espionage ring. According to the Turkish newspaper, Daily Sabah, the MIT recently uncovered a cell of 56 Mossad operatives, …
Read More »Iran’s Plan To Drive Jews Out of ‘Palestine’
Iran’s mullahs are seeking to create a situation where Jews no longer feel safe in their own country and are forced to leave Israel. To achieve this goal, the mullahs have instructed their Palestinian terror proxies, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), to step up their campaign of terrorism against …
Read More »Syria Today – U.S. Kills ISIS Leader; Damascus Isolates Wagner; New Settlements in Afrin
On Sunday, the US Central Command revealed that an ISIS leader had been eliminated by the US military in an eastern Syrian drone strike conducted on Friday. Meanwhile, there were reports suggesting that Syrian authorities responded promptly to contain and isolate Wagner operatives following the mercenary group’s rebellion against the …
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