Middle Orient

The success of Turkish-made drones in Ukraine is the most obvious sign of Ankara’s backing for Kyiv, but fear of Russian backlash is making Turkey tread lightly. Imagery of a burned-out Russian military convoy in Ukraine shared on social media over the weekend credited its destruction to Turkish-made drones. Turkish …

NATO member Turkey changed its rhetoric to call Russia’s assault on Ukraine a “war” on Sunday and pledged to implement parts of an international pact that would potentially limit the transit of Russian warships from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, Reuters reported. Kyiv had appealed to Ankara to block …

In a phone call with his Russian counterpart after the escalation of the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi cautioned that NATO’s expansion poses a serious threat to the stability and security of the independent states in different regions. In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Iranian President Raisi and his …

That the ruling mullahs are asking the Biden administration for guarantees that the US will never be able to leave the new nuclear deal, even after President Joe Biden leaves office, should signal that the mullahs want this deal badly and set off all sorts of alarms. It is worth …

For several decades, Qatar was the leading exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to world markets, primarily in Asia. The Qataris pioneered the high-volume, low-cost, long-term tram line delivery model to creditworthy Asian clients. Qatar is currently one of the world’s top LNG exporters, exporting approximately 77.1 million tons per …

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham cracks down and arrests Salafists who support anti-HTS protests. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which controls Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, has stepped up its security measures as protests escalate. HTS is particularly targeting its Salafist opponents, who have exploited a number of security incidents carried out by …

The HTS is using the same methods as the Syrian regime to repress protests, according to North Press. People in Idleb city and its countryside, northwest Syria, stage protests against the practices of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS-formerly al-Nusra Front) from time to time, but soon the security forces of the …

Abu Amsha, leader of the Suleyman Shah division, was exiled outside of Afrin for two years, according to al-Souria Net. The arbitration committee charged with investigating the violations of the Suleyman Shah Division issued a decision banning its leader, Muhammad al-Jassem, nicknamed Abu Amsha, for a period of two Hijri …

Israeli officials are worried that sanctions on Russia would hinder the cooperation between the two countries in Syria, according to SY-24. Israeli officials have expressed concern that U.S. sanctions against Russia in response to a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine could harm Tel Aviv’s security interests in Syria, Israel’s Walla …

The latest Houthi-related sanctions come as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia push the Biden administration to designate the Iran-supported group as a terrorist organization. The US Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on a smuggling network that it said was helping fund Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The designations …