It would be important to cover the report titled “Turkey as a Major Challenge for Israel (and its neighbors) in the 21st century” published on 16th September by the think-tank called Jerusalem Institute for Strategy&Security (JISS), while there are some that advocates for a normalization with Tel Aviv administration in Turkey, with the principle of “There are no permanent alliances ...
“In a secular regime, people have the freedom to be religious or not. I also recommend that Egypt have a secular constitution, because secularism is not against religion. Do not be afraid of secularism. I hope that the new regime in Egypt will also be secular. And I hope that the Egyptian people’s perception of secularism will be changed after ...
Europe The aggravation of Turkish-Greek relations In August, Greece did everything possible to designate Turkey as an enemy in public discourse. On August 22, the Greek media reported that Greece had contacted the UN in connection with Turkey’s actions in the Mediterranean Sea, considering them a threat to the security of the entire region. On August 6, Greek Foreign Minister ...
‘Washington’s New Middle East Plan is being activated in Lebanon’ – People’s Movement leader Hamadeh
The blast in the Beirut port left at least 200 people dead, 6,000 injured and 300,000 displaced. It came at a time when Lebanon was dealing with a financial crisis along with the coronavirus pandemic. Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that property damage from the explosion could cost more than $15 billion, according to the official Lebanese News Agency. Lebanon’s ...
Developments are taking place that strongly affect the balance of power and which are increasing tension in the Middle East, one after another. Following the news that the US had accumulated troops in the north of Syria, it was revealed that the US company “Delta Crescent Energy LLC” signed an oil agreement with the PKK’s extension YPG in Syria. Syria, ...
Salih Hudayar, the so-called prime minister of the so-called East Turkistan Exile Government, proposes to make Uyghurs “instruments” in the grand strategy of the United States in his graduate assignment at the University of Oklahoma in 2017. Born in 1993 in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Province, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, Salih Hudayar fled to the United States in June ...
Attempts to encircle Turkey from North Africa, the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean are gaining more momentum. It is useful to take a look at the events that have been taking place in Libya, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Egypt, in order to see the full picture. FRENCH INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL IN LIBYA In Libya, where tensions have recently been at a ...
On July 5, Egypt announced that it had suspended participation in negotiations with Ethiopia on the Hidase – Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) hydroelectric power plant and that additional internal consultations would be held. The text of the agreement proposed by the Ethiopian side was the main reason for the collapse in negotiations: according to the Egyptian Ministry of Water ...
Europe The United States is redeploying troops within Europe On July 29, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that the US will withdraw 11,900 military personnel from Germany, reducing its contingent in this country from about 36,000 to 24,000. Esper also specified that 4,500 armored troops will go home, while other units will continue to be deployed on a rotational ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to “annex” the illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, based on the so-called Middle East peace plan announced by US President Donald Trump in January. However, both in the Israeli parliament and in the Trump government, there seems to be an indecision on this matter. On the other hand, ...