Middle Orient

Lebanon has had no president since the departure from office of Michel Aoun in October last year, and the jockeying for position continues. Hezbollah and the Amal movement were banking on Christian division to push their candidate, Sulaiman Franjieh, but the Christian blocs surprised them by supporting the candidacy of …

The war in Syria has dropped out of the news, like almost everything else, in a time when the Ukraine war seems to dominate all discourse and reporting. But the regime of Bashar al-Assad continues to strangle its own country. Even last year the Russians continued to bomb on his …

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has secured another term as the President of Turkey, after the most closely fought presidential election in the last 20 years. His victory does not have only ramifications for domestic politics, but has serious implications for international politics. One critical aspect is related to NATO’s recent expansion …

Intense political discussion and speculation have followed the recent agreement between Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), which China brokered. While some are in favour of the implementation of the agreement, others remain sceptical. From a geopolitical standpoint, it is imperative to address the ongoing concerns surrounding Iran’s …

Erdoğan, as he has always done since coming to power in 2002, did all that he could to use state resources and the media he controls to manipulate the voters both before the May 14 vote and before the second round. State officials who are bound by the constitution to …

Selahattin Demirtas’ announcement comes amid heated public debate over whether Kemal Kilicdaroglu would resign after he was defeated by President Erdogan in Sunday’s runoff. The ongoing public debate in Turkey over whether the country’s main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu would resign the Republican People’s Party leadership after his presidential election …

The key question following the vote is whether the alliance between the HDP and the main opposition Republican People’s Party and its Table of Six partners can endure. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s electoral victory is roiling the country’s Kurdish movement, with its most popular leader declaring from jail that …

‘It is completely unacceptable that PKK terrorists continue to operate freely in Sweden,’ Communications Director Fahrettin Altun says ANKARA Türkiye on Tuesday called on Stockholm to take action against PKK terrorists in Sweden. “It is completely unacceptable that PKK terrorists continue to operate freely in Sweden -which has applied for …

Five members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command militant group were killed in a blast overnight near Lebanon’s border with Syria, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, with the group blaming Israel but security sources disputing the account. An Israeli source told Reuters the Israeli military was …

The Syrian Army aviation bombed today several headquarters of the radical groups that dominate areas in the northern province of Idlib, reported military quoted by the media here. The sources said the airstrikes destroyed three headquarters of the Ansar Tawhid and Houras Al-Din groups in the town of Sarjeh in …