China’s Intermediary Diplomacy Reshapes Dynamics in the Middle East
In 2021-2022, a series of Iraq- and Oman-brokered informal negotiations took place between Saudi Arabia and Iran aimed at the re-establishment of diplomatic relations.
Utopian or Dystopian? MENA’s Urban Mega Projects
Read: Summits between Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt Signal a New Regional Bloc
Dystopian vision: Critics of the urban megaprojects
Many critics from different fields have criticized MENA urban megaprojects as dystopian because of the authoritarian nature of regional political structures, the cost of these projects, and the delusional goals set for them.
Insurgency Warfare: A Global History to the Present
Departing from the typical focus on Western perspectives, the book emphasizes the significance of situating the experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq within a broader global context.
China’s Middle East Diplomacy: Multipolar World Order in the Making?
In fact, China has established strategic partnerships across the Middle East, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Kuwait, Israel, and Palestine.
How to Navigate Turkish-Swedish Relations and Counterterrorism Shifts
Since the change in government, Sweden has undergone a significant shift in its narrative, transitioning from a pro-PKK/YPG stance to one that acknowledges and supports Turkish counterterrorism operations in Syria and Iraq.
The End of the Palestinian State? Jenin Is Only the Beginning
hanks to the Iraqi army, the Palestinian city of Jenin was not captured in 1948 when Israel was created.
The Racialised Politics of Western State Intelligence
The author delves into the repeated intelligence mishaps in Iraq, Libya, and beyond, questioning the prevailing narratives and searching for the underlying causes of these catastrophic mistakes.
Saudi Arabia’s War on Drugs and Foreign Influence
Habib al-Badawi, a professor at the Lebanese University, told Politics Today: “Geographical location near the Levant and Sarawat Mountains plays a vital role, as Saudi Arabia shares borders with other countries known for drug production or trafficking, such as Yemen and Iraq, while drug farms and factories are in a safe haven on the Lebanon-Syria borders.
Argentina-Turkey Cooperation: A Development Opportunity with the Global South?
In the last decade, Turkey’s neighborhood has been embroiled in cumulative turbulence, including active armed conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh, and Moscow’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, and the competition for advantage in terms of maritime delimitation and energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean.
Is Iran Establishing a Joint Naval Force with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Oman?
He went on to say that while Iran and Oman have conducted numerous joint naval exercises in the past, other countries such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Pakistan, and India are also keen on engaging in joint naval cooperation.
Erdoğan Is Undefeatable. But Why?
In the smear campaign against Erdoğan, he used to be compared to Iraq's Saddam and now he is compared to Russia's Putin! After the first round of the presidential elections, this too has changed: Newsweek, which had previously described Erdoğan and Putin as two dictators who admire each other, risked contradicting itself by stating, “Stop Calling Erdoğan a Dictator.
Middle Eastern Media’s Take on the May 14 Elections in Turkey
The interest in the election results reflects Turkey’s regional importance as it has become a vital actor in Libya, Syria, Iraq, and the Gulf.
How Does the UK View the Taiwan Issue?
with the greatest support both in theory and practice in Afghanistan and Iraq, which has had tremendous impacts on regional and global politics for years, and has acted together with the U.
How Turkey Neutralizes the PKK and Other Terrorist Targets
The operation in Hasaka neutralized Zeki Gürbüz, the so-called Syria officer of the terrorist organization Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP), and Özgür Namoğlu, code-named “Fırat Neval,’’ the organization’s so-called Syrian sabotage officer; the operation in Qamishli neutralized Halil Menci who planned the 2022 Taksim attack; the operation that captured Ramazan Güneş, code-named “Soreş/Soreşger,’’ a member of the organization’s “special forces” who carried out 12 terrorist acts in Turkey, and brought him to Suleymaniye, Iraq; the operation in Sinjar neutralized the terrorist Saad Ali Bedel, code-named “Ceko Pir,’’ the so-called military commander of the PKK-affiliated Sinjar Defense Units (YBŞ); and the operation in Aleppo neutralized Mehmet Yıldırım, code-named “Hamza Kobani,’’ the so-called finance officer of Aleppo and Tel Rifat.
Terror in Transition: Leadership and Succession in Terrorist Organizations
Drawing on extensive field research in Afghanistan, Somalia, and Pakistan, the book features detailed analysis of groups such as al-Shabaab, the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and al-Qaeda in Iraq/the Islamic State in Iraq, as well as the KKK.
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, the PKK, and Turkish Elections
patronage in Syria, the support of Iran, Hashd Al-Shaabi, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Iraq, and all the aid provided by European countries and Israel? The answer is Turkey's counterterrorism doctrine and the MIT's operation against the organization.
The Killing of DAESH Leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi by Turkey’s Intelligence Explained
What path did DAESH follow after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?
On October 26, 2019, with the neutralization of DAESH leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the decline of DAESH, especially in Iraq and Syria, commenced.
How Kurdish Politics Changed under the AK Party in Turkey
Subsequently, Turkey carried out extensive cross-border operations against the PKK in Syria and Iraq.
Why Does the Turkish Left Adore the PKK?
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The PKK no longer has any precedent in the world: it kidnaps children in Syria and Iraq, and forcibly arms them against the military.
Report: Global Zeal for Arms Increased between 2018-2022
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The list of major arms importers did not include Arab countries such as Oman, Sudan, Libya, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Mauritania, and Lebanon.
