The Syrian Petroleum Company began loading the first Iraqi fuel oil shipments on Wednesday, April 15, at Baniyas oil terminal, ahead of their export via the designated tanker. Enab Baladi’s correspondent in Tartus, western Syria, said the cargo was being loaded onto the tanker ASAHI PRINCESS, with a volume of …

Turkey seeks to position itself as a key peacemaker and regional hub in the South Caucasus. To achieve this, Ankara should move beyond nationalist rhetoric toward a more pragmatic, strategic approach rooted in the international legal order. Armenia-Azerbaijan-Turkey relations resemble the proverbial Gordian knot—the famous tangled rope in an ancient …

Over the past two decades, regional collaboration in the South Caucasus has intensified. Turkey and the EU should establish a cooperation framework to accelerate economic development and diversification. Russia’s declining influence in the South Caucasus since the start of the war in Ukraine has opened a window of opportunity to …