Middle Orient

If the Swedish government fails to take action on ongoing terrorist PKK/PYD propaganda, the tension in ties may grow, says Turkish President Erdogan Türkiye on Sunday criticized Sweden along with other European states over tolerating a continuing terrorist presence, as the country’s president said the extradition of terrorists is a …

For Putin, Erdoğan’s friendship is growing ever more important — and vice versa. Turkey has refused to join Western sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, thereby throwing a lifeline to Putin. Turkish skies remain open to Russian airlines and its doors open to hundreds of thousands of Russians and their money. …

Syrian jihadi groups are increasing their attacks on Syrian army outposts, as tripartite meetings between Russia, Turkey and Syria hint at a potential rapprochement deal to end the decade-long war. Jamaat al-Tawhid, an affiliate of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a designated terrorist group by the US and United Nations, confirmed …

The European Parliament on Thursday called for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to be put on the European Union’s terrorist list and insisted that sanctions targeting Tehran had to be expanded after the violent suppression of protests. In a nonbinding resolution, the legislature mustered a large majority to call on the EU’s …

I ko se miješa u sve pa i u to “kakav će se grah jesti u Sjevernoj Mitrovici” Predsjednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić izjavio je da je njemački ambasador Jörn Rohde “poznat po antisrpskim stavovima te da se miješa u sve, počevši od toga kakav će se grah jesti u Sjevernoj …

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is reverberating more than 1,000 miles away in Syria. Squeezed by its strategic blunder, Moscow’s shrinking strategic bandwidth and its diminished capacities in Syria have disrupted the conflict’s complex power dynamics, potentially imperiling the relative calm that has prevailed since March 2020 and undermining U.S. interests. …

Qatar also voiced support for Elon Musk’s leadership of Twitter at the annual forum in Davos, Switzerland. Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan said on Tuesday that the kingdom is open to trading in currencies aside from the US dollar in order to “improve trade.”  “There are no issues with discussing …

As it wages a full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia wants to reform its army while being chronically short of security personnel, and increasingly dependent on mercenaries During the Syrian military campaign, the problems within the Russian army units were strictly visible to specialists. But in Ukraine, where Moscow and Kyiv …

Muqtada al-Sadr organized a public prayer on Friday, making a comeback to politics after months of silence. Following months of silence, Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for his supporters to hold a unified Friday prayer today in Baghdad and a number of other cities. The prayer was preceded by …

Syrians in Turkey are wary of losing refuge as the Turkish President eyes dialogue with Assad Turkey’s bid to reconcile with the Syrian government has left many Syrian refugees in the country on tenterhooks as Ankara faces pressure to cut a deal with Damascus on the return of the Syrians …