By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt The BRICS summit will be held from October 22-24 in the Russian city of Kazan, and the summit is starting amid high hopes and difficult challenges. After the addition of new countries, most notably Egypt, interest in the new bloc has increased. The BRICS leaders held a summit in South Africa last August, during ...
The world’s eyes are on Lebanon after the martyrdom of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the central commanders in Israel’s attack. We continue to present the observations and evaluations of our sources in the region. Gürkan Demir, the Iran correspondent for Türkiye’s Ulusal Kanal, shared his observations from the protests in Palestine Square of Tehran and reported on what is ...
Israel struck Hezbollah’s headquarters. Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was martyred in the attack. UWI author, political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan was a guest on Türkiye’s Ulusal Kanal TV channel. What is your overall assessment of Israel’s attack on Hezbollah’s headquarters and the martyrdom of Hassan Nasrallah? This is not only a serious loss for Hezbollah and Lebanon but for West ...
By Abbas Djuma I wonder where those are who write that Iran is in shock and complete confusion, that Tehran does not know what to do and how to be, where do they get this information from? I have been working in Iran and with Iranians for many years, I have many connections there, and it is still difficult for ...
By Tehran Tapdigov – Political commentator The war between Azerbaijan and Armenia has ended. Armenia has recognized Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. Currently, the two countries are continuing negotiations to sign a peace agreement. The long-standing tensions between the two nations will bring peace to the entire region. However, the issue doesn’t end here. Unfortunately, there are countries that hinder this process. ...
By Islam Farag, Cairo / Egypt The visit of the head of Egyptian intelligence, General Abbas Kamel, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdel Aati, to Eritrea was a very significant message to all eyes monitoring the Horn of Africa region. The visit by the two Egyptian officials appeared to be a warning to the Ethiopian government, which has ...
Israel’s largest attack on Lebanon since 2006: Hezbollah is much stronger, yet needs a broader unity
Israel has conducted the most intense air strike since the war in 2006. Lebanon Health Minister Firass Abiad said 492 people have been killed, 35 children and 58 women being among the dead. Also, 1,645 people have been wounded and thousands of families have also been displaced due to the strikes. Hezbollah has responded back. According to sources, Hezbollah has ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen In recent years, France has been ousted from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, its soldiers expelled, and bases closed. But now France begins to reactivate the separatist and jihadist terrorist organizations that it itself created, trained and financed in the region. The spread of terrorist groups, particularly in the Sahel region of Africa, began in 2011 ...
UWI presents the second of the interview with Prof. Dr. Hasan Ünal, international relations expert from Ankara’s Başkent University. In the first part, Ünal described the US and EU pressure on Türkiye in the Cyprus issue. In the following part, he shows how Türkiye can achieve international recognition for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. How can Türkiye solve ...
By Adem Kılıç Political scientist Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border have been steadily rising. After Gaza and the West Bank, Israel’s northern border, in other words the Lebanese border, was the point where eyes were constantly turned, and a full-scale war was expected to break out. Despite these expectations, for the ...