Initiative by Ahmed Maiteeq may change Libya forever On September 18, Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar announced the resumption of oil production and exports in Libya. The general, whose army controls the eastern and southern parts of the country, explained his decision by concern for the welfare of citizens. Haftar stressed that a precondition for resuming Libyan oil ...
Lübnanlı şair Nizar Kabbani (1923-1998) unutulmaz dizelerinde, “Ben Beyrut / Yüzüklerini, bileziklerini, gerdanlıklarını suda yitiren su kraliçesi / Ben, Akdeniz’in ayak altına düşen incisi / Ben, mitolojinin civayla zehirlenmiş mavi balığı / Ben, ilencin, şeytanların, korsanların, denizcilerini boğazlamak, hazinelerini yağmalamak üzere kovaladığı gemi” diyerek anlatmıştı ülkesini ve sevgili şehrini. Bir zamanlar Ortadoğu’nun parıldayan turizm, kültür, eğitim ve eğlence kentiyken, yıllar ...
Protests in Thailand Thousands of people protested in the Thai capital Bangkok, calling for reform of the political system. The protester’s anger is primarily focused on the country’s monarchy. According to the police, it was one of the largest protests in recent years, attended by at least 15,000 people (the participants themselves say it is closer to 50,000 people). The ...
The “normalization” agreements signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain at an official ceremony hosted by US President Donald Trump at the White House continue to be discussed. While the normalization agreements were signed, the 3 countries also jointly signed the text called “Abraham Accords”. Reactions from the countries of the region, especially from the Palestinian administration, ...
Political intelligence suggests that the Atlanticists, which has failed to open the doors of West Asia with firepower, is now implementing a new diplomacy-oriented plan. In order to understand the plan with Israel at its center, we need to get a grasp of the process over the last 20 years. DID THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST PROJECT SUCCEED? Just after the ...
The Lebanese poet Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998) described his beloved country and city, saying: “I am Beirut / The queen of water who lost her rings, bracelets, necklaces in the water / I am the pearl of the Mediterranean sea who has fallen under/ I am the blue fish of the mythology, poisoned with mercury / I am the ship that ...
Will Washington drive the dollar’s worldwide power to the frontlines in its economic war against China? In other words, will the US use the financial sovereignty it has gained thanks to the dollar as the currency of exchange in the world as a weapon? Will it be able to afford to banish Chinese banks from the SWIFT system under its ...
I learned of the Map of Seville from Professor Dr. Sertaç Hami Başeren, a faculty member at AU Political Sciences University and Advisor to the General Staff Maritime Law, in 2003. At that time, the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCASC) had not yet declared an EEZ around the island. I was serving as the Head of the Strategy ...
Although the COVID-19 pandemic was in decline in the summer of 2020, it struck again with the beginning of Autumn. Numbers of infected are growing worldwide. The United States, Turkey, Europe and India are watching the growth of coronavirus infections with alarm. At the same time, the development of vaccines which could provide general immunity are reaching the finish line. ...
By Nardine Ali Sudan floods send an alert to Cairo In the wake of Sudan’s floods, Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi has ordered a massive amount of humanitarian aid to be sent to the southern neighbor Sudan in order to alleviate the impact of the floods on hundreds of Sudanese families, the state-run newspaper Al Ahram reported on Tuesday, September ...