On June 24, 2024, the Istanbul-based Syria.tv network, which supports the Syrian opposition, published[1] an article about the Syrian regime’s drug production and trafficking methods. This report is based on the article. Syrian Regime Increases Domestic Drug Trafficking After Decline In Smuggling The article reports that the Assad regime’s network …

“The gradual crumbling that left unaltered the face of the whole,” writes the German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel in his Phenomenology of Spirit, “is cut short by a sunburst which, in one flash, illuminates the features of the new world.” What he has described are the nodal points where, …

The smooth and quick transfer of power in UK speak volume on the great democratic tradition in that country. Election results came out during the day and by the afternoon outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak went to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation. By the time, he stepped out, Labour …

The party’s campaign highlighted the importance of resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict. A radical shift in the United Kingdom’s Middle East policy is unlikely under the newly elected Labour government, though internal party rifts over the war in Gaza will mean the party will approach the region differently from the Conservatives. …

Local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are scheduled for 6 October 2024. Although Bosnia and Herzegovina received the green light to start EU membership negotiations in March this year, this was largely unmerited and represents a symbolic gesture from the EU towards BiH due to the Russian invasion of …

President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Astana, Kazakhstan, where both leaders attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.Erdoğan invited Putin to Turkey, and Putin accepted the invitation during their meeting. The anticipated visit of the Russian president this spring was postponed. …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey stands in solidarity with Lebanon as tensions with Israel rise and called on regional countries to also support Beirut. Cross-border hostilities between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have escalated in recent weeks, fueling fears of a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah. Shelling …

Moderate politician Masoud Pezeshkian won the Iranian presidential runoff election on July 5.[i] Iranian media reported that Pezeshkian received over 16 million votes, while his opponent, ultraconservative hardliner Saeed Jalili, received approximately 13.5 million votes.[ii] Pezeshkian and Jalili won approximately 10.4 million and 9.5 million votes respectively in the first …

[I]t clearly looks as if the Biden administration just wants to please its terrorist-sponsoring adversaries, Iran and Qatar, by allowing their prized client, Hamas, to win the war. Regrettably, Iran does not seem to be guided by the same humanitarian, ethical, or “natural law principles” embraced by Israel and the …

As host of the key transit routes and operations Tehran uses to support Lebanese Hezbollah, Syria is a key battlefield in the burgeoning regional conflagration. Israel has intensified its strikes on Iranian and Hezbollah-linked targets in Syria since the October 7 Hamas attack. Syria has not joined other Iran-led Axis …