Tag: Middle East

The United States and Turkey are primary actors in an international arena which is presently experiencing an important reposition in power. These two countries are tardily adapting to their lately ...

Human rights groups working in Syria say at least 28,000 people have disappeared after being abducted by soldiers or militia. They say they have the names of 18,000 people missing ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has encouraged Asian countries to actively participate in managing global affairs. He made the remarks at the first summit of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) group ...

International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called on Monday for a temporary ceasefire in Syria during the four-day Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday later this month, a statement said. "Lakhdar Brahimi has ...

We are currently in a period when scenarios for Syria after Assad are being intensively discussed. The regime is losing a little more blood each day. From the number of ...

It would be a mistake to write off threats of war against Syria from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as mere bluster, assuming that Turkey will maintain the status ...

Late last month in Aleppo, Syria, civilians who have cell phone subscriptions received a foreboding text message in Arabic: "Game over." Those on prepaid phones -- including many opposition fighters ...

Turkish FM Davutoglu has said that he considered the developments taking place in the Middle East for 1.5 years as the naturalization of the history. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ...

Syrian rebels said they will start executing a group of about 48 Shiite pilgrims from Iran if Tehran and Damascus do not comply with their demands, according to a video ...

Relations between the Arab population of the Middle East and the people of Turkey have a long history. This geographic association has led to concepts of “brotherhood” and “friendship.” More ...