Why did Turkey’s foreign minister go to Iran?
Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s foreign minister, paid a visit to Iran on Sunday. The invitation, extended to him by his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, was publicized as...
Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s foreign minister, paid a visit to Iran on Sunday. The invitation, extended to him by his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, was publicized as...
In online statements, both al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and al Qaeda’s general command issued vague threats against the FIFA World Cup and its host Qatar. Islamic State supporters have additionally...
To host soccer’s top international competition, held once every four years, Qatar had to spend $300 billion — the equivalent of 170 percent of its GDP — buying not only a brand new infrastructure...
A strategy to contain him should have been implemented years ago
The Olympics were about to start in Beijing. Thousands of miles to the west, Russia was wrapping up a big military exercise in a border region. Across the border, women and children were evacuated from...
Speaking to Sputnik News last week in his first interview since his October 25 military putsch, Sudan’s top general, Abdul-Fattah al-Burhan, offered a qualified commitment to a previously suspended agreement...
Sunday’s assault by Russian-backed Syrian pro-regime forces against the opposition-held province of Idlib, leaving eight Turkish servicemen dead, has severely tested Ankara’s alliance with Moscow. As...
The head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, Hakan Fidan, met with his Syrian counterpart, Ali Mamlouk, in Moscow on Monday, marking the first official contact in years between the two officials....
President Trump announced in a surprise statement on Wednesday that the United States would be lifting all sanctions imposed on Turkey for its recent offensive against Kurdish fighters in northeastern...
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The U.S. Treasury Department levied more sanctions last week against key Russian officials...
A charity known as İMKANDER has praised Doku Umarov, the former emir of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate ...
Next month’s Olympic Games in Sochi have generated a great deal of anxiety about the possibility of terrorist attacks. Sochi is the most dangerous Olympics we have seen in terms of...
Two bombings have rocked the southern Russian city of Volgograd in as many days, just weeks ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Sunday’s attack on the...
Following Syrian President Bashar Assad's recent visit to Russia, and on the heels of the Russian military assault in Georgia, there was a flurry of commentary by regime-sanc...