A call for stability and reconstruction in the Middle East

2 days ago
Mehmet Öğütçü

By Mehmet Öğütçü and Rainer Geiger The Middle East, scarred by years of political instability and economic upheaval, finds itself…

The US Military once again defies Trump on Syria

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The US Military once again defies Trump on Syria. The Pentagon is pushing back against Donald Trump, who is set…

New Syria: Unified army, reconstruction, constitution, and Türkiye’s role

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Assad is gone, but I believe toughest challenge for Syria is just beginning. Israel has virtually obliterated the country’s military…

“Hun be xer Hatîn”: How three words signal Türkiye’s Kurdish policy shift

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The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and Kurdish-issue focused DEM Party continue to confound their adversaries - and I mean this…

Syria in transition: Power shifts, promises, and pitfalls

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Intelligence suggests that the operation to overthrow Assad's regime in Syria was meticulously planned for over a year, with coordinated…

The vicious cycle of poverty and violence in the Islamic World

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As a diplomat, businessman, and traveler, I have visited 135 countries. In many of them, I have lived and worked,…

Turkish FM: “A phone call from Moscow and Tehran ended Assad regime”

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan disclosed that Bashar al-Assad's departure from power came following direct pressure from Russia and Iran,…

Syria in flux: Erdoğan issues new foreign policy directives

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Three powers continue to make advances in Syria. The first is forces under HTS leadership. Yesterday (December 10), they entered…

HTS: Wolf in sheep’s clothing or the West’s new “Moderate Islamist”?

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While his loyal deputies of his oligarchic regime awaited an address from Bashar Assad, he reportedly fled to Moscow with…

Turkish FM Fidan on Syria: “There must never be a desire for revenge”

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that Türkiye has begun working on plans to facilitate the return of Syrian refugees,…