Foreign policy

On December 19, the European Parliament adopted a resolution addressing the repressions against civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan. The resolution stated that since 2023, the Azerbaijan...

The reason behind the 47th President of the United States declaring, “Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the sole winner in Syria and a strong leader. Erdoğan is a smart man,” lies not only in the present-day de...

The export trunk gas pipeline Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod has recently garnered heightened global attention. This is not due to its rank among the top five longest pipelines in the world (spanning 4,451 k...

As the conflict in Syria enters a new chapter, Turkey has emerged as the dominant player on the ground, wielding military and intelligence operations to shape outcomes in its favor. However, Ankara no...

Russia still accounted for 15% of the EU's total gas imports in 2023, behind Norway and the US at 30% and 19% respectively, and ahead of North African countries at 14%, according to data from the Euro...

On December 11, 2024, permanent representatives of the European Union (EU) member states approved the 15th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation in Brussels. According to European Commis...

In a world that often measures revolutions by their ability to disrupt, Syria’s journey, which began with the Arab Spring of 2011, represents a chronicle of shifting ideologies, geopolitical maneuvers...

The Russian economy is currently exhibiting signs of severe overheating, characterized by declining business activity, ruble devaluation, and increasing inflationary pressures. The Central Bank of Rus...

As the potential halt to Russian gas transit through Ukraine approaches—scheduled for 5 a.m. Ukrainian time on January 1, 2025—effectively signaling the cessation of pipeline gas supplies from Russia...

I am once again flipping through the 2015 book "Syria. When you fail, resist" by my esteemed friend Fehim Taştekin, one of the best journalists who knows the Middle East.

Recently, another dictatorial regime collapsed in the world. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government was overthrown, and he fled the country. The pillars of dictatorship—Russia and Iran—embraced...

The recapture of Aleppo by jihadist forces once again demonstrated how precarious the foundations of the Syrian regime are. As Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's Middle East correspondent and analyst of 30 years...

On November 28, 2024, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) convened a high-stakes meeting in Astana, bringing together the Council of Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers, and the Commit...

The transition team of Donald Trump, who is set to assume the presidency of the United States on January 20, 2025, is preparing a large-scale package of energy measures primarily aimed at increasing o...

The meeting of the newly elected Secretary General Mark Rutte with President Erdoğan in Ankara on November 25 was aimed not so much at familiarizing himself with the member countries but at holding di...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that Turkey has severed trade ties with Israel.