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Turkey Drifts Away from the West
Turkey has lost its soft power attractiveness due to its leadership’s increasing absolutism and failed foreign policy priorities. The “zero problems with neighbors” concept...
Truths behind Afrin and Eastern Ghouta
On January 30, the Turkish military launched an operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin district under a code-name “Olive Branch Operation.” The offensive was against...
The Crisis in Turkey-US Relations
The decades long partnership of the US with one of its major NATO allies i.e. Turkey has come under serious strain for some time...
Why US not trustworthy ally for Turkey
Just weeks after failure of the ISIL terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, the United States announced that it is going to create a...
Why Turkey is Amicable to Iraqi Kurds Yet Fights with Syrian Kurds
Operation Olive Branch and the presidential election, 2019
The Turkish military Operation Olive Branch in Afrin has demonstrated that the problem of Syrian Kurdish militias...
The Syrian Congress in Sochi: Too Much Too Soon
The Syrian National Congress was held in Sochi on January 30 and reportedly gathered close to 1,500 Syrians to kick-start the national dialogue by...
Iraq’s Oil and Gas Sector: A Wise Action is Required
Iraq is the third-largest oil producer in OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) after Saudi Arabia and Iran, also holds the World’s fifth-largest...
How regional rivalries threaten to fuel the fire in Syria and Iran
Turkish allegations of Saudi, Emirati and Egyptian support for the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) threaten to turn Turkey’s military offensive against Syrian Kurds...
Kurdistan’s Oil industry: Global supplier or useless treasure?
Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), is a semi autonomous government established in the northern provinces of Iraqi federal, with area of 40,643 sq.km and...
The reconfiguration of the New Syria
Whatever happens, the New Syria which is currently reshaping will be the breaking point that will give rise to the new Middle East from...