Back in June 2011, when news began to filter out from Syria of the first signs of armed resistance against the Baathist regime of President Bashar al-Assad, few could have predicted the level of disruption to the global order that the conflict in Syria would go on to produce. After …

Vienas kartas gali būti klaida. Tačiau pasikartojantys Prancūzijos prezidento Emmanuelio Macrono pareiškimai, kuriais raginama padėti išsaugoti Vladimirui Putinui veidą ir nepažeminti Rusijos, pradeda kelti vis daugiau klausimų. Paskutinį kartą matydamas V. Putino fizionomiją, E. Macronas, regis, sėdėjo taip toli, jog neturėjo progos įsitikinti, jog ten jau nėra ką saugoti. Kas …

Putyin háborúja – magam is előszeretettel használom ezt a fordulatot Oroszország már több mint száz napja tartó, Ukrajna elleni inváziója kapcsán. Mert nyilván nem az orosz nép döntött annak megindításáról. Míg a nyugati hírszerzési jelentések alapján Európa és a világ az utóbbi időben, még ha hitetlenkedve is, de készült rá, …

Putin went to war to turn into reality his much repeated insistence that Ukraine is an illegitimate state that has no right to exist and is inseparable from the rest of Russia. Similarly, the UN mandate allows it to question the very existence of the State of Israel. Unlike all …

Those who support a terrorist organization that targets a NATO ally should not be a part of the security bloc, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. In a briefing, the ministry underlined that Turkey continues to share the values ​​and responsibilities of NATO and remains at the center of the alliance’s …

Syrian and Russian warplanes on Tuesday carried out a joint military drill amid increasing Israeli airstrikes, Syria’s Defense Ministry said in a statement. It was the first such exercise since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began more than three months ago. In mid-February, before the Russian invasion on February 24, the …

The Moroccan Navy rescued 385 migrants heading for Spain last week, the official news agency MAP reported on Wednesday. The migrants, including women and minors, are mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, the agency quoted a military statement as saying. They were traveling in several inflatable boats in the Strait of Gibraltar, …

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Ankara in an effort to stave off a global food crisis by restarting Ukrainian grain exports along a sea corridor. The UN’s plan to do so was “reasonable,” Çavuşoğlu said, and the talks were fruitful, but …

The West Is Dependent on Moscow for More Than Just Gas and Oil The invasion of Ukraine has thrust the world into an energy crisis. Since Russian troops began pouring across the country’s borders, oil prices have risen by more than a quarter. Gas prices have nearly doubled. And the …

It’s Too Soon for a Lasting Diplomatic Settlement As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its fourth month, calls are growing in Western Europe and the United States for a diplomatic push to end the war. In late May, Italy proposed a four-point peace plan for Ukraine that would culminate in …