Recent developments in Paris point to a noticeable shift in Europe’s understanding of security. On Friday, 18 September, Emmanuel Macron brought together political party leaders and figures expected to play prominent roles in the next presidential election at the Élysée Palace. Yet politicians were not the only people around the table. Senior representatives from domestic
Top-level Turkish security delegation’s visit to Baghdad on March 14 should be considered as a significant step towards a comprehensive Türkiye Iraq agreement ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s expected visit to Iraq in April after 12 years. The rapprochement and establishment of strategic political and economic relations between Türkiye and Iraq appear to
On the evening of February 7, a car exploded and caught fire in Mashtel, a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad. Shortlye thereafter, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed responsibility for the airstrike in a statement; it was in retaliation for the killing of three American soldiers in a drone strike on January 28 against the secret