Last week in Türkiye, the process of talks with the imprisoned PKK terrorist organization’s leader Abdullah Öcalan, initiated by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader and AKP’s coalition partner Devlet Bahçeli, continues. US’s elected president Donald Trump made statements about Türkiye’s role in Syria. Another important topic of the week was the new wave of price hikes coming with the new ...

Donald Trump will be sworn in as President on January 20th and officially take over the office. Russia’s view of Trump is a subject of debate. It is possible to come across positive views of Trump among Russian intellectuals. Economist/thinker Sergey Glazyev, who has been an economic advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin for many years, argues that Trump’s arrival ...

By Ali Rıza Taşdelen In the last four years, the struggle against neo-colonialism in Africa has continued to achieve significant successes. Coup plotters? While its roots go back further, a decisive turning point occurred in 2020 when a group of anti-imperialist revolutionary officers in Mali overthrew the pro-French government, shut down French military bases, and expelled their troops. This marked ...

By Micaela Ovelar, Caracas / Venezuela, January 8, 2025 This Friday, January 10, the swearing-in of the President elected on July 28, 2024, Nicolás Maduro Moros, heading to a third term during the period 2025-2031, is scheduled to take place. According to the Bolivarian Government, nothing will prevent that. The official swearing-in ceremony will take place in the National Assembly ...

By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein Two weeks before Donald Trump is going to be sworn in as President of the United States, I am going to venture to make some observations about the prospects of the new government, first regarding its foreign policy, especially after his arrogant, confrontational statements regarding Mexico, Panama, Venezuela and Denmark (for Greenland). In this regard, it ...

By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China For 13 years, the Assad leadership in Syria has resisted an imperialist, reactionary, and separatist war. Last month, however, Assad’s government collapsed following the advance of HTS (Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham), first to Aleppo and then to Damascus. The new situation in Syria poses a significant threat to China, as well as to regional countries resisting the US aggression. ...

We present the second part of the interview with a former Syrian National Army (SNA) commander, published by Ali Erdem Köz from Türkiye’s daily Aydınlık daily newspaper. In this second part, the interview revolves around the “stolen revolution”, the possible threats to Türkiye by HTS and the new government in Syria and PKK/YPG. SNA (Syrian National Army), initially started operations ...

By Erkin Feyyaz Eşli An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190AR passenger jet en route from Baku to Grozny crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan on December 24. The tragedy was apparently caused by a provocation by Ukraine, supported by the West. That day the plane with 67 passengers was flying from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the ...

Having taken ower power in December 2023, Javier Milei has comleted his first year as Argentine president. He has since then changed the country’s economic policy drastically, but also led fundamental changes in political culture. Andrés Rodriguéz is veteran politician of the left New Encounter. In interview, he explains why the Argentine left has been defeated and what these changes ...

By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist On January 20, as Trump prepares to return to the White House, his team announced so far and the signs of his approach to the Middle East suggest that Iran will face intense US pressure for regime change in the coming year. The United States has been seeking regime overthrow in Iran for more than ...

On December 8, the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria was overthrown by groups backed by Türkiye’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), the US and Israel. Although a government-like structure led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has been established, chaos prevails in Syria. After Assad’s fall, in the north US-backed PKK/PYD/YPG terrorist organization is taking steps to solidify their control over ...

By Gökalp Erbaş The second round of Moldova’s presidential elections, like the first one, was completed last November amid controversies and suspicions. The country now faces parliamentary elections planned for July 2025. After the official results were announced, Maia Sandu secured her presidency, even though the Socialist Party, whose presidential candidate lost by a very small margin, announced that they did not ...