How to Make an Ottoman Clock in the Twenty First Century, An Interview With Professor Lutfi Sunar
As a uniting figure, Saladin was used by al-Assad, as he believed the invasion of Iraq would affect Syria.
The Gülen Cult, between Modernism and Narcissism
” What differentiates them from Daesh?
On the other hand, our experiences show that resorting to violence or committing massacres does not have anything to do with being a member of a terrorist organization which emerged from a Baath-ridden, post-American occupation Iraq; white and blue collared members of such a cult are also capable of committing these atrocities.
The PKK’s Child Soldiers
HRW documented 29 cases in which the PKK recruited Kurdish and Yezidi children in Northern Iraq and the organization called on the PKK to “categorically denounce the recruitment and use of child soldiers”.
How Terror Organizations in Turkey Instrumentalize Social Media
By the end of 2011 the group was sending clips of killings of Iraqi government officials, multimedia messages, and short movies on social media platforms.
Sino-Soviet Split Redux under President Trump?
Indeed, Afghanistan and Iraq constitute by far the most comprehensive, costly, and consequential foreign interventions of the U.
Questions Remain Unanswered as the PKK Enjoys Full Freedom in Europe
" The suspects are accused of kidnapping children from their families in Belgium and other "Western countries" and sending them for training in Greece and Iraq.
Distant Suffering: Images of the Syrian War
Although the fact remains that the conventional and social media have set a strong agenda through Aylan, the question is what has been changed with this sensational photo of a little child at the end of the day? Has Aylan’s image triggered any mass social movement in Europe or America? How many Western governments expressed a sense of responsibility in housing refugees from Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan?
Overwhelmingly dramatizing the death of innocent children has not stopped suffering in Syria for a year.
Who Killed Karlov?
Two years ago, the organization commenced an operation with its infiltrators within the security forces and the judiciary, accusing the government of being corrupt, which actually targeted Turkey’s relations with Iran and the Kurdish Regional Government in Northern Iraq.
What’s Next after the Fall of Aleppo?
Neither indiscriminate airstrikes on civilians in opposition-ruled areas nor the military intervention of Iran with its own IRGC units and pro-Iran militias with Iraqi (Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba), Lebanese (Hezbollah) and Afghan (Liwa Fatemiyoun) origins turned out to be game changers in the military balance for the Aleppo battle.
Aleppo’s fall and the Role of Russian, Iranian, and YPG forces
In this offensive the Iranian strategy of “human waves”, which proved itself in the Iraq-Iran war, were used by the foreign Shiite forces fighting for the regime.
Perils of the PKK’s Arms: The MANPADS Challenge
The helicopter had been dispatched to provide support to soldiers at the Çığlı base, in the Çukurca district of Hakkari province, near the Iraqi border.
If the US has Trump, France has a Myriad of Trumps
Millions of Afghans, Iraqis, Syrians and others in the Middle East are struggling to survive in their respective countries or elsewhere and they believe the Washington establishment is responsible for their impoverished condition.
DAESH after Mosul
In 2014, Mosul had fallen to DAESH as the US-financed, trained and equipped Iraqi army left the city.
As Washington looks to divide the Middle East, Turkey pins Hopes on Democracy
As Washington seeks to leave a fragmented Syria and Iraq so it can disengage from the Middle East, Turkey, facing grave security threats emanating from that very fragmentation, seeks to bolster democracy while preserving the territorial integrity of the region.
US Elections: A Game without Winners for Muslims?
She was one of the leading figures who advocated for catastrophic military decisions by the US in Muslim majority countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria.
Why Europe is increasingly irrelevant to the Middle East
The EU has always been very vocal about DAESH activity in Syria and Iraq in terms of condemnation of terror.
DAESH: Documenting a Modern Heresy, Interview with Belkıs Kılıçkaya
The invasions of both Afghanistan and Iraq are recent history, but we forget them quickly.
The “Unpopular Peace”: The Colombian and Turkish Experiences
” Despite this, immediately after the elections, the “Reconciliation Process” came to an end due to the PKK’s attacks on Turkish security forces that were mostly related to the developments taking place in Syria and Iraq.
The Geopolitical Crisis in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the Middle East
Indeed, they burnt their tongue, or hit the wall, in the Second War on Iraq, which was stupid, and they squandered hundreds of billions of dollars of American resources, and the war was, in many ways, economically, strategically, politically, a disaster.
Is German Law Being Politicized?
However, if the speaker was the main criterion for a public broadcast, it should be legally impossible to justify how, in 2011, a significant functionary of the terrorist organization PKK was allowed to be live streamed in a football stadium in Cologne from Iraq.
