Balkan Daesh Fighters in Numbers
Some of the highest numbers of foreign fighters joining Daesh came from the Balkans, and these states now face the huge challenges of dealing with returned fighters and their families.
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The Turkish-Libyan Maritime Deal: What Are the Implications?
The maritime deal has significantly redrawn boundaries within the Eastern Mediterranean, and will strengthen Turkey’s position in ongoing negotiations in…
Bosnian Genocide Denier Peter Handke Receives Nobel Prize in Literature
Despite strong international criticism, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Austrian author Peter Handke. Handke’s open denial of…
‘Happiness Means Fighting’: Haluk Bilginer’s Long Road to Emmy Award
Turkish Actor Haluk Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards, for his performance in the…
Who Was James Le Mesurier of the White Helmets?
Le Mesurier is largely seen as the co-founder of the White Helmets, and the loss of such a major advocate…
Mazloum Kobani Is Becoming another Thorn in US-Turkey Relations
Mazloum Kobani is among Turkey’s most wanted terrorists and is placed on the Turkish Interior Ministry’s Interpol red notice list.
Why the Northern Syrian Oil Fields Are So Important to Trump
Despite President Donald Trump repeatedly saying that US troops are staying in Syria in order to ‘secure the oil’, data…
Mattis: Turkey has legitimate security concerns
Turkey has legitimate security concerns over insurgency inside its borders, U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Sunday, according to U.S. media reports.
Turkey’s Afrin Operation dominates headlines of Arab media
Arab media have shed the spotlight on Turkey’s ongoing Operation Olive Branch to dislodge the PYD/PKK terrorist group from northern…
Turkish fighter jets take off from Incirlik airbase towards Syria
While some Turkish fighter jets took off from the base, others remained on alert. Meanwhile, military cargo planes kept arriving…
Erdogan: Operation Olive Branch to complete in a very short time
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday afternoon said the ongoing Operation Olive Branch in Syria’s Afrin will be completed…
Turkish main opposition backs the Operation Olive Branch
Republican People’s Party Deputy Chair Tezcan says his party hopes Turkish army achieves goal in Afrin.
Turkey’s steps not against Syrian Kurds
Kalin stated: “I want to underline once more that the steps Turkey takes towards protecting its own national security in…
US: From “border security” to “hold” force in Syria
Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon stated: “There was a mis-characterization of the training that we are providing to local security forces…
Turkey and EU to get closer in 2018
Turkey’s permanent representative to the European Union, Faruk Kaymakci, who stated that in an attempt to gain momentum in relations,…
The US insists on sponsoring terror in Afrin
While the Trump administration continues to provide military and financial assistance to the PKK/PYD in the name of fighting Daesh,…
US State Dept withholds $65M aid to Palestine
Following the U.S. failure to attract international support for its Jerusalem decision and following the embarrassment of the Trump administration…
US ought to reverse border force plan
In a written statement, Ahmet Berat Conkar criticized the decision made by the U.S. and claimed that unless reversed, the…
Turkey may expand operations in Syria
The Turkish Foreign Minister stated that “Turkey’s precautions against the YPG/PKK cannot be limited to Afrin alone. There is also…
French Mayor bans “anti-republican” meals
As of Monday 15 January, Mayor of Beaucaire – a town in the south of France – Julien Sanchez, and…
US army plan against territorial integrity in Syria
On Sunday 14 January, Ryan Dillon, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, officially known as the Combined Joint Task Force –Operation…
PYD/PKK terrorists attack civilians in Azaz, Syria
On Sunday 14 January, the PYD/PKK terrorist organization located in Syria targeted the residential area in Azaz with multiple rocket…
Decrease in Turkish unemployment
On Monday 15 January, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced that the unemployment rate in Turkey dropped to 10.3 percent…
