Middle Orient

Turkey’s relations with the US have suffered a blow, but the US needs to understand that in a changing world, regional stability cannot be achieved without Turkish cooperation. One cannot say that Turkey–US relations have been a smooth ride these past seven years. Although this has been an exceptional time, …

Israel carried out airstrikes overnight in the southern Syrian province of Quneitra, Syrian state media and a war monitor said Thursday, though there were no reports of casualties. The strikes came a day after one civilian was killed and six others injured in similar attacks in the northwestern region of …

The United States is no longer the undisputed hegemon in the Middle East, while Russia is once again a military and diplomatic actor in the region. With a change of administration in Washington and with heightened US-Russian tensions on the global level, Russia’s role in the Middle East could turn …

This is the second consecutive night that Syrian media reports an attack attributed to the IDF in Syria. The IDF carried out attacks against Hezbollah outposts near Quneitra on the Syrian border Wednesday night, according to Syrian reports cited by Israeli media. This is the second consecutive night that Syrian …

Ending Turkey’s support in military training, consultancy would not favor Libya, says Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Foreign fighters and mercenaries should leave Libya, but these forces should not be confused with legitimate forces training Libya’s military under a pact with the legitimate government, Turkey’s foreign minister said Thursday. “There are …

Egypt and Turkey opened talks in Cairo on Wednesday, seeking to normalise relations after eight years of sharp differences over a wide range of bilateral and regional issues. The landmark, two-day talks, the first between the two Muslim nations since 2013, are being held at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in …

The meeting takes place during the first official visit to Damascus by Saudi Arabia since 2012. Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief met with his Syrian counterpart in Damascus on Monday in a sign of possible rapprochement between the two governments a decade after relations were severed. London-based Rai al-Youm news outlet …

Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said that they had targeted military positions belonging to the Saudi coalition in Khamis Mushait with four“Qasef-2K” drones and 2 Badr ballistic missiles. “In the offensive operation, military positions at Najran Airport and King Khalid Air Base have been targeted. And our …

Turkish authorities on Sunday said they had arrested a top ISIS commander and close aide of the terror group’s former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a military raid conducted last week in Istanbul. According to police and Turkey’s intelligence agency, the unnamed Afghan man assisted al-Baghdadi in hiding in Syria’s …

Iran’s economy is state-led. Significant parts of the economy are controlled by just two major entities: the Office of the Supreme Leader, led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)…. The IRGC and its front companies have a stake in almost every sector of Iran’s economy …