The situation in northern Syria has reached a critical point. After a Syrian airstrike killed 33 Turkish soldiers on February 27, Ankara launched large-scale military operations against the Syrian army. As a result, Turkish relations with Russia have reached their lowest point since the crisis in 2015. At the same time, the situation in Idlib has begun to negatively impact ...
War against the Syrian government cannot be a goal for Turkey: even if such a victory could be achieved, it would undoubtedly be a Pyrrhic one. As the situation grows worse and worse, the US-backed Democratic Union Party (PYD) has been building up strength, and could soon pose a serious threat to our security. Turkey recently woke up to the ...
The martyring of the 36 Turkish soldiers in Idlib by the Syrian forces, has delivered a strong impact to the regional cooperation. Turkish Armed Forces has responded to this treacherous attack with different military operations. Turkish Defense Minister in his statement, has accused the Syrian government and has send a message to Moscow by using the following words; “We do ...
In one of the most tumultuous regions of the world, in which the fate of nations is determined by coalitions, there is only one state which has friendly or non-belligerent relationships with all other states. It has based its relationships with other states on the principles of international relations and has been recognized as a mediator by other states. That ...
The first phase of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing to the United States began in London this week. Assange is wanted for leaking documents proving war crimes committed by the American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Assange was forced into a glass box during the trial, which his lawyers naturally objected to, arguing that it prevented him from communicating with their ...
Our article begins with Galileo’s famous words, Eppur si muove: “And yet it moves.” Despite hegemonic power and the world order it established, despite political pressure, psychological warfare, conspiracies, trade wars, embargoes, sanctions, plots and color revolutions, the global order is changing. In a world where the top 42 richest people have the wealth equal to the bottom 3.6 billion ...
Idlib The Syrian army command has announced the closure of airspace over Idlib province, reports the Syrian state agency SANA. https://uwidata.com/8337-last-updates-on-the-idlib-are-turkey-and-russia-on-the-brink-of-war/ Meanwhile, the Turkish government continues to pursue a policy of “balance” between Washington and Moscow in Syria which it is presenting as “independent foreign policy.” However, this policy of balance has all but collapsed in Idlib, and Turkey has ...
Europe: Sinn Féin’s victory in Ireland Parliamentary elections were held in Ireland on February 8. For the first time in the history of the country, the left nationalist Sinn Féin party received the largest number of votes – 24.5%. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, the two parties which had long replaced one another in power, both fell behind. The results ...
The II.Siege of Vienna in 1683, was the peak reached by the Ottoman Empire and also was the beginning of the four-centuries long of retreat on the European lands. Battle of Stalingrad, which lasted from 1942 to 1943, was the Germans’ farthest point to conquer, also the point that the war began to turn against the Nazis. The collapse of ...
In his latest act of sadistic geopolitical bloviation, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used the deadly coronavirus outbreak in Iran as an opportunity to criticize the country’s healthcare system and make crude accusations against its leadership. These comments were made in willing ignorance of the central role the US itself played in devastating Iran’s healthcare infrastructure with targeted sanctions. ...