On 9 October, the Iraq government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) announced an agreement regarding the administration and security of the region of Sinjar.Read More
“World Kobanê Day” begins on 1 November to remember the resistance of the Kobanê people against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in 2014.Read More
Walaa Abu Steit – Cairo A former Egyptian government official has accused Turkey of adopting what he described as “fascist” policies, calling on the international community to take firm action against Ankara for its blatant interference in the affairs of the counties of the Middle East region.Read More
Hani al-Gamal – Cairo The Egyptian Senate (the upper chamber of the Egyptian parliament) has convened for the first time since 2013. The Senate was cancelled in 2014, but was reinstituted by a package of constitutional amendments that were approved in 2019. The inaugural session of the Senate witnessed the election of its speaker and […]Read More
Two Kurdish youths were attacked by Turkish nationalists in Munich on Friday 16 October.Read More
Ajlan Al Ajlan, the Chair of Saudi Arabia’s Chamber of Commerce, called for a boycott of Turkish products last week. The boycott campaign has been spreading.Read More
Global coronavirus cases have exceeded 40 million, according to official figures.Read More
The Armenian Foreign Ministry announced that an humanitarian ceasefire would enter into force as of midnight on 18 October.Read More
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that only a change in Turkey’s stance on Nagorno-Karabakh could ensure that Azerbaijan would halt its military actions in the region. “I believe that a change in Turkey’s attitude to Azerbaijan would stop the fighting”, he informed Reuters.Read More
The Foreign Ministers of Sweden and Turkey exchanged pointed remarks at each other in a press conference on Wednesday.Read More