By Rafet Ballı My words here are actually directed at those who govern Türkiye. To explain my point clearly, I will first narrate some incidents through Syria. In the spring of 2022, I met with a close friend of General Qasem Soleimani in Tehran. Our conversation revolved around Türkiye-Iran relations and the escalating problems due to the Karabakh issue. Then ...
The conflict around Palestine is continuing. The clashes are more intense around the Gaza Strip, but there is a looming second front in the north, where Israeli forces face the Hezbollah. Both sides exchange fire regularly and daily. Hezbollah provides no official statistics about its military strength, but US sources consider the organization of commanding over a huge number of ...
While tensions around Palestine are increasing, with an Israeli ground operation imminent and the forces of the Resistance responding over all of the region, from Iraq to Yemen, from Lebanon to Syria, the Chinese Foreign Minister travelled to New York to meet his US counterpart. China has taken a clear stance in the conflict, reitareting the demand for a two-state-solution ...
Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein 19 days of Nazi-Zionist bestiality in Palestine, and the world watches impassively as a genocide is committed without the mechanisms of the international system being able to prevent such barbarity. This event has made clear and reiterated the inoperability of the regime as it exists and the need to change it. The COVID 19 pandemic showed the ...
Syrian State President Bashar al-Assad’s close associate, former Advisor to Syrian Ministry of Information Prof. Dr. Bessam Abu Abdullah, was the guest on Ulusal Channel from Türkiye. We present some key points from Abu Abdullah, where he evaluated Israel’s attacks on Palestine and latest developments in Western Asia. Translated from Turkish into English by Uwidata. Greater Middle East Project Prof. ...
The war in Palestine continues. It is framed especially by Western politicians and media as a conflict between Israel and Hamas. Is that true? Türkiye has proposed to establish a guarantor system on Gaza and presented itself as ready to take responsibility. What does that mean? And, what should the regional countries do in order to prevent an Israeli ground ...
By Jacques Cheminade, President Solidarité et Progrès (France) “Out of the strong came forth sweetness.” (Judges 14:14) “Pray at night so that people can sleep.” (Hadith) The situation in the Middle East is a shame for all. A shame, because nobody really fought to put an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We have allowed a people who live surrounded by ...
By Rafet Ballı The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas made a smart military move bringing Palestine to the forefront of the world’s agenda. Israel couldn’t fully comprehend the political plan of the resistance front. At the cost of a massacre, Israel is trying to suppress the Palestinian people as a whole. Just as Israel has been doing since 1947 their aim ...
Last week we outlined some elements of study of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from the perspective of its local dimension and the media coverage of it, which tries to generate opinion matrices that hide the true causes and those responsible for it. It is very difficult to write while maintaining equanimity when witnessing a genocide that the world limits itself to ...
The eyes of the world are focused on Gaza. Israel is preparing for a ground offensive. The Palestinian people have been awaiting a spark to invigorate this resistance for quite a while. A significant struggle began on October 7th. Israel’s massacres persist. Eyes are also turning to Türkiye security measures and people are curious about the steps Türkiye will take. ...