Exclusive interview with Political Scientist and university lecturer from Beirut Marwa Osman How does Lebanon recover from the explosion in the Beirut warehouse, in what condition is the Lebanese nation now? Lebanese capital in state of chaos as people grapple with scale of the blast. Walking down through the east Beirut suburb of Ashrafieh to Gemmayze to Musaitbeh and towards the ...
The explosion in Lebanon’s capital Beirut claimed the lives of over 100 people and left 4,000 wounded. The number of casualties is increasing as those seriously injured die off. Just as the footage of the explosion hit social networks, the world media began to spread theories that mainstream media calls conspiracy theories. Nevertheless, such narratives on occasion contain a fraction ...
On August 4, a powerful explosion hit the port of Beirut. The blast wave virtually destroyed the port itself and caused terrible damage throughout Lebanon’s capital. The explosion killed more than 100 people and injured over 4,000, and the death toll is constantly increasing, many people are missing and the hospitals are overcrowded. The blast was the largest in the ...
BY ALİ RIZA TAŞDELEN “It is unacceptable that people belonging to the Uyghur minority are imprisoned in concentration camps,” Jean Yves Le Drian said at the French National Assembly last Tuesday. Le Drian, the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, parroted the lies of US imperialism as a member of parliament: “Concentration camps for Uyghurs, custody, disappearances, forced labor, ...
Trump bans TikTok US President Donald Trump told reporters on July 31, 2020 that he had decided to block TikTok in the country. Representatives of TikTok said the company had about 1,000 employees in the US and planned to hire another 10,000 social networks in the next three years, while TikTok in the US is incredibly popular – it is ...
*JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE OF TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN* *THE NEW SOCIAL MEDIA LAW* *TURKISH PUBLIC HAVE REJECTED US LEADERSHIP* Last week Turkey had a busy political agenda, as usual. The joint military exercise between Turkish and Azerbaijani Armies, just after the recent Armenian aggression, the new controversial social media law and the Gallup report which showed the political view of the ...
Navtex wars are taking place in the Eastern Mediterranean. After Turkey announced the territory that it would do the drilling, Athens stated that they would not allow it by beginning a counter-Navtex. In response, Turkey announced they would “enter the field with missiles!” Everything started with Turkey’s entry into NATO. After attaining NATO membership in 1952, the Turkish Navy was ...
Armenia’s recent aggressions towards Azerbaijan and the following border conflicts, have once again shown that the stability and peace cannot be achieved in the South Caucasus Region until the Karabakh problem is solved properly. The occupation, which still persists in Nagorno-Karabakh and 7 other regions, encourages Yerevan to resort to any means. The Minsk Group: A Dead End Is there ...
Europe The United States is redeploying troops within Europe On July 29, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that the US will withdraw 11,900 military personnel from Germany, reducing its contingent in this country from about 36,000 to 24,000. Esper also specified that 4,500 armored troops will go home, while other units will continue to be deployed on a rotational ...
Onur Sinan Güzaltan, one of the experts at UWIdata, gave an interview on the general aspects of Turkish foreign policy, Turkish-Egyptian relations, the latest event in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, the situation of Libya and the Khashoggi case, for the Iranian newspaper, Tehran Times. The Tehran Times featured the interview prominently in their newspaper and on their website with the ...