Competition over gas discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean has combined with regional rivalries to fuel dangerous tensions between Turkey and its neighbours in recent months.Read More
Ankara’s conflict with Athens over hydrocarbon resources in the eastern Mediterranean will be discussed in the European Council meeting at the end of this month.Read More
Walaa Abostit – Cairo CAIRO – Representatives from fifteen Arab and African states will attend an Arab-African Unity Council Forum in Cairo, Egypt, this month. Non-Government Organisations (NGO’s) will also be attending the event. The role of Turkey in destabilizing the region will form the focus of discussions.Read More
Hani al-Gamal CAIRO – Political developments in the Eastern Mediterranean region have been gathering pace since Egypt, Greece and Cyprus formed an alliance to counter the expansion of Turkish influence, after Turkey signed a series of economic deals and memos with the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). Military confrontation is now possible in the […]Read More
Mohamed Abdullah and Fatma Sayed CAIRO – The coronavirus is reportedly spreading quickly in areas controlled by the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya. This raises questions about the role Turkey might be playing in these areas. Some people are accusing Ankara of staging biological warfare against the Libyan people by allowing Syrian […]Read More
The Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) and Popular Will Party reached an agreement in Moscow regarding a political solution in Syria.Read More
As tensions have arisen in recent weeks over conflicting hydrocarbon claims of ownership between Greece and Turkey in the Mediterranean, NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, on 26 August urged restraint and called for dialogue between the two states during a meeting of European Union Defense Ministers.Read More
“ISIS is present in the south of the Libya, especially in the ‘Umm al-Araneb’ region”, Major General Al-Mismari said, the spokesperson for the Libyan National Army (LNA). General Khalifa Haftar heads the LNA.Read More
Words by Meghan Bodette On August 15th, 1984, the PKK launched its first attacks against Turkish state targets, in Eruh and Şemdinli. The operation marked the beginning of a struggle for Kurdish self-determination in Turkey and the broader region that has lasted to this day. While many governments categorise the Kurdish freedom movement’s activities as […]Read More
The dollar rate has been steadily increasing for the past five years. The Dollar/Turkish Lira (TL) parity was only 1.90 in 2013. This Friday morning, it reached 7.38 for the first time ever, crossing the psychological threshold.Read More
