The Turkish Defense Ministry announced that the United Nations (UN) has registered a memorandum between Turkey and Libya on the demarcation of maritime borders. “The agreement determining maritime jurisdiction areas between Turkey and Libya was registered by the UN. Our multi-faceted relationship with Libya based on a common history of 500 years and our training, assistance and consultancy support to ...
While the normalization agreements were signed between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain, the 3 countries also jointly signed the text called “the Abraham Accords”. Reactions from the countries of the region, especially from the Palestinian administration, are rising against the “normalization” process with Israel. We discussed the impact of the agreements “to normalize relations” signed at the White House on the ...
The “normalization” agreements signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain at an official ceremony hosted by US President Donald Trump at the White House continue to be discussed. While the normalization agreements were signed, the 3 countries also jointly signed the text called “Abraham Accords”. Reactions from the countries of the region, especially from the Palestinian administration, ...
Political intelligence suggests that the Atlanticists, which has failed to open the doors of West Asia with firepower, is now implementing a new diplomacy-oriented plan. In order to understand the plan with Israel at its center, we need to get a grasp of the process over the last 20 years. DID THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST PROJECT SUCCEED? Just after the ...
On August 25, the US Secretary of State visited Sudan for the first time in 15 years. Mike Pompeo’s visit followed the landmark announcement that diplomatic relations had been established between the UAE and Israel. According to the State Department, Pompeo and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok discussed “positive developments in the Sudan-Israel relationship” in Khartoum. Given the fact that Sudan ...
By Prof. Dr. Mehmet Seyfettin Erol After US President Donald Trump announced on August 13 that Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had reached an agreement to “completely normalize their relations”, all eyes turned to the Arab-Israeli issue and Palestine once again. This development, which initially ignored Palestine altogether, appeared as a new rupture with the Gulf states in ...
Protests in Belarus Post-election protests in Belarus became the focus of international organizations, politicians and the media. Several serious clashes between the demonstrators and the police were reported. On Sunday, a rally of thousands of opponents of the current Belarusian authorities took place in Minsk; the event was not coordinated with the city authorities. Participants of the rally held protest ...
The explosion in Lebanon’s capital Beirut claimed the lives of over 100 people and left 4,000 wounded. The number of casualties is increasing as those seriously injured die off. Just as the footage of the explosion hit social networks, the world media began to spread theories that mainstream media calls conspiracy theories. Nevertheless, such narratives on occasion contain a fraction ...
The Palestinian Ambassador to Turkey, Faed Mustafa, stated that Palestine was ready to make the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) agreement with Turkey. Answering the questions asked by İsmet Özçelik from the journal Aydınlık, Mustafa assessed the developments in the Eastern Mediterranean. Stating that the Palestinian state has the rights to oil and natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Ambassador ...
As the American edition of Axios reports this week, the head of the State Department Michael Pompeo, adviser to the president on national security Robert O’Brien, the senior adviser and the son-in-law of the head of the American state Jared Kushner and Ambassador of the USA in Israel David Friedman are supposed to meet with Donald Trump to discuss Israel’s ...