At first glance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an Islamist and nationalist, has little in common with Dou Perincek, a mischievous socialist, Eurasianist and militant secularist and Kemalist. But Erdogan is asking Perincek — a man with a world of contacts in Russia, China, Iran and Syria, whose conspiratorial worldview identifies the United States as […]
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Cavusoglu: Turkey does not set conditions for talks with Assad’s Syria
Turkish diplomacy continues along the lines of creating channels with the Syrian regime Assad, with new statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Tuesday morning. More specifically, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that the Intelligence services of the two countries are in contact, as well as that Ankara does not set prerequisites […]
Syria shift: Erdogan finally confirms rumors and angers jihadists
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came after the usual “rabbits” to confirm the rumours, as he called for better ties with Syria, at a time when Ankara appears to be changing its attitude towards the government of Bashar al-Assad. “We must make progress with Syria. With these steps we will spoil many games in the […]
Turkish forces are withdrawing from bases in northern Syria
Turkish forces evacuated two bases in the western countryside of Tal Abyad, in the northern countryside of Raqqa, in northern Syria, sources in the pan-Arab media Asharq Al-Awsat revealed. The forces withdrew from their military bases in the villages of Harekli and Tannouz. The withdrawal, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, was […]
Syria: Assad’s first visit to Aleppo province since the start of the conflict
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad traveled today, for the first time since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, to the province of Aleppo, in the north of the country, where he visited one of the largest thermal power plants in Syria, the presidency announced. The city of Aleppo, which was Syria’s financial capital before 2011, […]
How the war in Ukraine gave Turkey the audacity it needed to move to Syria
According to official statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is conducting “a special operation against Kurdish terrorist organizations” in northern Syria. If you look at the plans of the Turkish Armed Forces and the Syrian National Army (SNA, consisting of former and current jihadists, opposition, Uighurs and various fighters, mercenaries of Turkey), we […]
Drugs with Assad fingerprints
A trial may shed light on the Middle East-Germany route and the involvement of Bashar al-Assad’s regime 250 kilograms of “Captagon” pills engraved on them were found by German authorities during a raid on a warehouse near the city of Regensburg a year ago. and destination Saudi Arabia. Two Syrians, who are linked to the […]
Spectacular UAE moves in the shadow of the Ukrainian crisis
By Costas Raptis The United Arab Emirates is a country that is more active (and critical to international balances) than their picture on the map. And last week they had two big surprises in store for the international audience. The first was his visit on Friday Bashar Al Assad in Dubai and Abu Dhabi – […]
Assad visited the UAE for the first time since 2011
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met today in Dubai with Dubai Governor Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the Syrian presidency announced. This is Assad’s first visit to an Arab country since the outbreak of war in Syria in 2011. The Syrian president also met with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed […]
Lavrov: Putin and Assad will not allow the West to undermine Russia-Syria strategic relations
Western countries are trying to create an almost insurmountable confrontation between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the start of talks in Moscow with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Megdat, stressing that the two countries will not allow the West to undermine Russia-Syria strategic relations. “The situation in the […]