Russia and Turkey are becoming key powers on which peace in Libya depends. However, a number of internal and external factors may complicate their efforts. On January 13 in Moscow, representatives of Russia, Turkey and the parties to the Libyan conflict held talks. The event was organized at the highest levels: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Defense Minister Hulusi ...

Ukrainian plane crash A passenger plane with 180 passengers on board crashed after taking off from an airport in Tehran on the night of January 8. Later on, Iran admitted that the plane had been shot down by mistake due to the extremely tense standoff with the US. The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran fully acknowledged that the ...

An “Unforgivable Mistake” Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 sent shockwaves across the globe upon its crash merely two minutes after taking off from Khomeini International Airport in Tehran. The plane was almost instantly put on display in a video shared throughout social media – engulfed in flames and in rapid descension. Initial reports from Iranian Civil Aviation suggested technical malfunctions ...

Most experts believe that we should not expect a war between the US and Iran. However, the religious beliefs of political leadership in both countries might suggest otherwise. A missing factor The assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani has led to fresh tensions between the United States and Iran. In response to the assassination of the high-ranking military figure, Iran ...

After Iran had recognized that it is partially responsible for the catastrophe with the Ukrainian plane, anti-government protests began in the country. The world media is actively covering the events in Iran as popular outrage by the “Ayatollah regime.” What really caused the new wave of protest in Iran and what will be its consequences? The protest of the “rich kids” The ...

The ongoing conflict between the US and Iran has become one of the greatest paradoxes in the world because, on the one hand, the consequences of such a large scale war make it unlikely to ever happen, while on the other hand, in recent weeks, both sides have shown that they are ready to kick off this fight at any ...

The Sahel region, which includes Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Algeria, remains host to vast criminal networks, drug trafficking and terrorist groups. Developments in Mali have hit the headlines over the past week ags terrorists attacked UN peacekeeping forces in Tessalit. As a result of the attack, at least 20 people, including 18 representatives of the organization, died from rocket ...

What further developments will we see in the Middle East in the wake of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani? How will Iran respond, and how should Turkey relate to the killing? “The US plan has two phases: 1. To provoke Iran and Sunni Arab countries against each other… 2. To force clashes between Arab countries, especially Egypt and Turkey, through ...

With the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the United States declared to the world that it had not conceded defeat in the Middle East, and would continue its aggresion. However, having been weakened military, economy and politically, the United States is unlikely to continue this war alone. At this point, there are indications that Washington has put a plan in place ...

For the time being it seems we avoided the global disaster of an all-out confrontation between US, Israel and their allies on the one hand, Iran and its allies. Going to the edge of the precipice and then backpedaling has become a quite usual pattern as far as the Iranian question is concerned, since 2006, the first time the Neocon ...