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 …

The Socialists’ streamlined political machine and controversial patronage system won them a third election victory – but have worrying implications for democracy, experts say. As Albanian election officials were busy counting ballots cast in Albania’s April 25 parliamentary elections last week, one name popped up in the media as a …

With a parliamentary majority proving elusive, Bulgaria appears destined for another election. That’s about all anyone can predict with any degree of certainty. Uncertainty is the only certainty in Bulgarian politics these days. Since an inconclusive election on April 4, both the winner – long-time ruling party GERB – and …

The fact that territorial changes in the Balkan region are becoming a reoccurring debate suggest that these dangerous ideas are gaining traction, even within the EU. Much has already been said about the now infamous “non-paper” apparently composed by Slovenia’s Prime Minister, Janez Jansa, which mulls the possible partition of …

Like most fear-driven projects, Europe’s new anti-terror internet regulation will benefit the enemies of free speech far more than the public. On 28 April, without a plenary vote, the European Parliament adopted a widely criticized piece of online content regulation colloquially known as TERREG, which aims to prevent terrorism by …

Moldova says it is slowly being robbed of the property portfolio of spas and sanatoriums it built up in Ukraine when they were both part of the Soviet Union. Acourt ruling in Moldova regarding ownership of a building housing the country’s consulate in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa is …

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 …

The Russian media outlet Vz.ru reported that Russia had, for the first time, surpassed the U.S. as a supplier of liquefied natural gas to Europe, and that this positive news for Russia meant that “our gas has once again proven its superiority.” The article stated: “Russian LNG is in more …

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 …