According to Russian Middle East Expert Mikhail Magid, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan and Azerbaijan hope to fill the political vacuum in the Middle East and Central Asia created by American retrenchment. Iran, India and Russia have reasons for concern about this bloc’s formation. The Three Brothers– 2021 military exercise involving special …

The sanctioned individuals allegedly sent tens of millions of dollars to Hezbollah via formal and informal means from Gulf states. The US government, in coordination with Qatar, sanctioned several Gulf-based individuals Wednesday for allegedly working with Hezbollah. Ali Reda Hassan al-Banai, Ali Reda al-Qassabi Lari and Abd al-Muayyid al-Banai were …

Sudanese authorities have seized what they say are Hamas assets in the country, which for years has been considered its main backer. The Palestinian Hamas movement was dealt another heavy blow when Sudanese authorities announced the seizure of assets that provided support for the movement. Less than two months ago, …

Few details were released about the substance of the relatively brief meeting, but progress on Syria will be difficult to achieve. Wednesday’s meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the Russian resort town of Sochi was held completely behind closed doors, raising questions …

La campagne présidentielle de 2022 est bel et bien lancée. Et pour l’heure, Eric Zemmour et Jean-Luc Mélenchon occupent une place démesurée dans l’espace médiatique. Imaginez cela : en prélude aux élections législatives belges, une chaîne de télévision en Belgique organise deux heures et demie de débat entre un néo-bolchevique …

Bugün, Türkiye Başkanı Erdoğan ile Rusya Başkanı Putin, Karadeniz kıyısındaki liman şehri Soçi’de bir görüşme yapacaklar. Ama bu, denilebilir ki, geçmişteki görüşmelerden çok daha önemli ve dünya siyasetinin yönünü belirlemekte etkisi olan bir görüşme olacak. Çünkü bu görüşme, Amerikan Başkanı Biden’ın Başkan Erdoğan’la taa baştan, henüz iktidara gelmeden 1 sene …

The optics of sit-in protests by irate investors in various offices of one of China’s largest realty firms, Evergrande, and clashes between demonstrators and law-enforcement gave credence to a view that this was a huge challenge to the Chinese Communist Party. Beijing may not let a good crisis go to …

The Syrian government, led by President Bashar ul Assad, faced a grave challenge in 2011, when the people rose against the authoritarian rule and massive protests culminated into a full-fledged civil war across the country. The protests were directed against the oppressive rule that was prevailing since 1971 when Assad’s …

The Taliban and China called Wednesday for the United States to stop flying drones over Afghanistan’s airspace, saying such actions were in breach of Afghanistan’s sovereignty and a mutual agreement. “We recently saw [the] United States violating all international rights, law and …commitments [made] to the Islamic Emirate [the Taliban] …

The Quad grouping will graduate from the last virtual meet of four leaders to the physical summit on September 24, when US President Joe Biden hosted Japanese outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Washington DC. But then Quad has …