Former Head of AKP Davutoğlu on Erdogan’s Syria U-turn: “Putin is coercing Turkey”
Istanbul-Shaffaf As Ankara signaled new dialogue with Assad regime following the Sochi summit of Erdogan…
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Turkey Persistently Calls For Rapprochement with Syrian Regime, Rebels Call It “ Betrayal”
After President Erdogan’s joint intelligence statement last week and Pro-Govt media reports of a possible…
Hezbollah Undermines Israel’s Air Superiority in Lebanon, Willing to Take Greater Risks
While the negotiations on the maritime border are progressing, the UN reports increasing aggression from…
With Al Qaeda down but not out, killing Zawahiri is symbolic
President Joe Biden was not wrong when he declared that “justice has been served” with…
Ehud Barak: Iran Can Transform Itself into a Nuclear Power—And It’s Too Late to Stop It By Surgical Attack
The effort to block Iran from turning into a nuclear power is at its lowest…
Maronite bishop detained after carrying aid from Israel to Lebanon
While the facts exposed by Jerusalem Post are exact, Lebanese Oppositon sources, including METransparent, believe…
Holocaust survivors mark 80 years since mass Paris roundup
A memorial is pictured near a train car symbolizing the Drancy camp, at the Shoah…
6th Anniversary: the many theories and facts of 15th of July Anti-Erdogan putsch that changed the fate of Turkish nation
(Erdogan surrounded by supporters and guards after landing Istanbul Ataturk Airport in the morning of…
One Small Handshake for the United States, One Giant Leap for U.S.-Saudi Relations
President Biden has a powerful moral imperative for ending his feud with the crown prince:…
Russian Military Expert Pukhov: The Accession Of Finland And Sweden To NATO Deteriorated Russia’s Strategic Position
Negotiations between Finland and countries and the NATO Alliance were concluded in Brussels on July…
Tory Tax Dodgers Lining Up To Succeed Boris – We Pose The Taxing Questions
It seems every candidate to succeed as the leader of Britain’s ‘party for business’ is…
A New Tool for Tehran
Iran, through Hezbollah, has invited itself into Lebanon’s negotiations with Israel over offshore gas fields.…
Turkey’s 70-year-old star Tatlıses still rocks in Israel, and here’s why.
Shaffaf Exclusive from Istanbul He might be the second Abraham that “all” peoples of…
One small handshake for the United States, one giant leap for U.S.-Saudi relations
President Biden has a powerful moral imperative for ending his feud with the crown prince:…
Israel’s Spies Have Hit Iran Hard. In Tehran, Some Big Names Paid the Price
After a series of damaging failures, a senior Iranian intelligence official lost his job and…
In denial about denial: why Ukraine air success should worry the West
Ukraine’s success in contesting the skies turns the West’s airpower paradigm on its head —…
How to Avoid Another Lost Year for UNIFIL
At this point, even if the “interim” force was somehow able and willing to implement…
Why the Middle East Gets Putin
Watching the Ukraine conflict, Middle Eastern leaders see the Russian president has approached matters in…
Interview Edward Luttwak: A Military Adviser To Presidents, Explains How The Ukraine War Began And How It Might End
Interview by Vazha Tavberidze Print A polyglot American born to Jewish parents in…
Why Putin’s betrayal of Ukraine could trigger nuclear proliferation
US President Bill Clinton, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk sign the…
This Could Be the Next Big War That Grips the Entire World
Two countries that have long clashed are tempting fate with escalations that could soon spiral…
EXCLUSIVE | SADAT: Pro-Erdogan Islamist Defense Company now at the centre of concerns over “peaceful change of power in elections”
A number of state buildings in Ankara these days have an uninvited guest: main opposition…
The Impending Void
There is no consensus on Lebanon’s next president, and the country is likely to soon…
Pope’s Ukraine diplomacy a political and spiritual tightrope
VATICAN CITY (AP) — His appeals for an Orthodox Easter truce in Ukraine went unheeded.…
Iran senior military official’s killing was preemptive intervention
Opinion: The successful assassination, attributed to Mossad, of Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodayar reveals yet again…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s heady days
These are heady days for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. With King Salman…
Potential US responses to the Russian use of non-strategic nuclear weapons in Ukraine
(A launch of the Russian Iskander-M, which can carry a tactical nuclear warhead, at the…
Redeployment Of Forces From Syria Designed To Alleviate Shortage Of Russian Officers
In a blog post titled “Redeployment” the popular blogger Anatoly Nesmiyan aka El-Murid takes note of…
New Views of Moderation, Resistance and the Holocaust in the Middle East
The real danger lies not only in denying that the Holocaust took place, but, worse,…
How the Israeli Army Perceives the Russian-Ukraine War, 70 Days In
Israel has been drawing its own conclusions from Putin’s failure in Ukraine: From the resurgence…
Resurrecting Arafat in Beirut?
Hamas, with Hezbollah’s help, is building up a military presence in Lebanon, whose ultimate consequences…
Siegfried Hecker: Putin has destroyed the world nuclear order. How should the democracies respond?
(Siegfried Hecker (second from right) visits the secret Russian nuclear city of Sarov in February…
A Revolutionary Identity
In an interview, Karim Sadjadpour discusses Iran’s grand strategy, the Vienna nuclear negotiations, and more.…
Finally, Some Movement in Yemen?
In an interview, Ahmed Nagi explains what the establishment of a Presidential Council last week…
US-Gulf divergence: Placing risky bets
MBZ refused to meet CENTCOM commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie in February because it had taken…
Russian Expert Alexei Maslov: China Is Not A Magic Wand For Solving Russia’s Economic Problems
Professor Alexei Maslov, one of Russia’s foremost authorities on China, weighs in on the question…
Consultant With Kremlin Ties: Time To Declare Victory And Wind Things Up, Otherwise We Will Become A Chinese Satellite
Political scientist, Konstantin Kalachev head of the Political Expert Group believes that Russia should suffice…
Russia’s failure to take down Kyiv was a defeat for the ages
By ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyiv was a Russian defeat for the ages. The…
Mossad Says Can’t Find Archival Papers on 1982 Lebanon Massacre
Israeli Mossad’s ‘strange’ admission, per Supreme Court president, was made on a petition to disclose…
Does Greek Catholic Church help explain Putin’s obsession with Ukraine?
A plastic skull is displayed at a check point on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine,…
How Putin and NATO Could Get Pulled Into a Disaster in Ukraine
Ukraine is no Syria, and Putin’s miscalculations are astonishing—but the West still faces grave risks…
Kuperwasser and Boms: two Israeli analysts comment the Negev « historical » summit
Coincidence or not, the Israeli-Arab-American Negev Summit took place yesterday, Sunday, on March 27, the…
The End of Hegemony?
Syria is being drawn into a de facto coalition that may aim to limit Iran’s…
Why Israel’s fear of Russia in Syria doesn’t have to drive its Ukraine policy
During the War of Attrition, Israeli pilots killed dozens of Soviets in Egypt in order…
A cold war is coming
Putin had what he wanted: he defied the United States and the Atlantic alliance, invaded…
A DECLARATION OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGIANS ON THE “RUSSIAN WORLD” (RUSSKII MIR) TEACHING
Dear Friends, In the wake of Vladimir Putin’s unconscionable and horrendously destructive invasion of…
(In video) H.R. McMaster : Think of Grozny, think of Aleppo!
Remember Grozny in 1999 under Putin’s direction, which cost 80 000 lives Look at Aleppo…
Russian Orthodox priests call for immediate end to war in Ukraine
(In this photo taken on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Russian Orthodox priest Father Vasily Gelevan…
Arming Ukraine: 17,000 Anti-Tank Weapons in 6 Days and a Clandestine Cybercorps
(French military equipment is unloaded from a freight airplane at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in…
(Republished) U.S. Syria Policy Could Be Linchpin to Global Stability
(First published in Newlines, Metransparent published Frederic C. Hof’s « warning » on December 29,…