In order to listen to the article, click on the audio clip below: A dozen ballistic missiles fired from outside Iraq hit a neighborhood near the US consulate complex in Erbil,
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2021 has been recorded as a year in which significant new developments took place in Turkey-Israel relations. After the appointment of Isaac Herzog, who has a moderate position on the two-state solution,
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Scornful statements by some French and American network commentators on the Russia-Ukraine war shocked their viewers. However, these comments did add to the narrative of Islamophobia, and xenophobia and politics in the
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 21 that he had approved the decision to recognize the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk republics in eastern Ukraine. Subsequently, he deployed Russian troops to these
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Libya’s former interior minister, Fathi Bashagha, was tasked by the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk to form a government. The announcement is merely the latest in an increasingly tense wrestling match
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Although more than four months have passed since the general elections in Iraq, the Prime Minister still has not been elected. Ahead of government formation, a president needs to be elected. Iraq’s
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After nearly a decade, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), attracting regional and international attention. Erdogan met with high-ranked Emirati officials, including the
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The PKK-affiliated Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) has been seeking worldwide political recognition and has opened several offices in the US, EU, and Russia. On February 8, 2015, French President François
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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing energy crisis in the European Union have prompted the bloc to take the issue of energy security seriously once again, focusing on renewable
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A recent visit on February 1 by Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati to Turkey implied that Lebanon and Turkey are seeking possible ways to strengthen bilateral ties. Both Prime Minister Mikati and
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