Russia has decided to respond to the long series of Russophobic provocations, threats and intimidations from the European Union. Brussels, pushed by Washington, has now embarked on an heavy anti-Russian campaign which can be of no interest whatsoever to the European people aspiring to peace and prosperity and nothing else. Instead, Europe is playing war by provoking Moscow. Therefore, Russia ...
Along with the economic crisis happening in Turkey, the Turkish-Russian relations are also one of the dominant topics on the international arena. I spoke on the Turkish-Russian relations to the Russian media outlet Rossaprimavera. The interview is presented below. How sizeable are the reserves of the Turkish economy, what steps can the new head of the Central Bank take? Turkey ...
By Nardine Ali / Cairo After eight years of deteriorated relations between Egypt and Turkey, a Turkish delegation consisting of diplomatic and security officials met in Cairo on May 4th their Egyptian counterparts during a two-day-visit. The visit, described by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry as an “exploratory round of consultations” between Egypt and Turkey, was led by the deputy Deputy ...
In the first days of April 2021, the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, announced a new tax reform, which he tried to disguise under the name of the Sustainable Solidarity Law, in an already common act of the national and international right that, making use of the political and historical language of the revolutionary processes at the global level, utilizes ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey had been busy with four main topics. First one has been the reaction on the Latvian parliament’s decision to recognize the so-called Armenian Genocide. Second has been the meeting held in Turkish capital Ankara, between the Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki. Third has been the reaction from Turkish ...
Massive protests have been taking place in Colombia. They began as a demonstration against the government’s intent to impose a new neoliberal tax reform. Violence by the state and the ruling party was unleashed indiscriminately in the main cities of the country. Even after Duque withdrew his bill from Congress on May 2, protests continued to grow. What exactly is ...
by Mehmet Kıvanç The election will take place as the Syrian civil war enters the eleventh year of conflict on May 26th. Both in Syria and International power balances are totally different from the 2014 elections. Sarkis Kassarian who has been a war reporter in Damascus and in many other conflict areas sees the possibility of the Arab world recognizing ...
By Khaled Yamani The heroic uprising of Bab al-Amoud (known as Damascus Gate) is not out of context, but rather a continuation of a series of events. These started with the glorious electronic gates’ uprising, the “Jerusalem Intifada 2015”, which the the occupation called the “Knife Intifada” (stabbing intifada), as well as other popular reactions that expressed the accumulated anger ...
Dr. Basem Naim, one of the leaders of the Palestinian resistance organization HAMAS, has spoken to UWI expert Onur Sinan Güzaltan about the recent events in East Jerusalem. Naim has been Minister of Health in Palestine and is currently member of Hamas’ International Relations Bureau. He said his organization would give a “strong and clear response” to Israeli attacks on ...
The Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s conversation with a journalist was recorded and leaked in the last week. In the conversation, Zarif claims that his Foreign Ministry has no control over Iran’s foreign policy, being dominated by forces like Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Quds Force. He criticizes especially the legendary Iranian Commander Qasem Soleimani, murdered by a ...