By Islam Farag, Cairo / Egypt The approach that Gulf states are now taking in their relations with the de facto government in Syria, despite all the reservations and concerns about its background, suggests that the Gulf Arab regimes have learned a lesson from the catastrophic mistakes they made following the fall of the Sunni regime of Saddam Hussein in ...
By Fikret Akfırat In the report prepared by the committee established by the Israeli government to outline strategic plans for the next decade, there is an assessment that stands out: “Israel must prepare for a potential war with Türkiye”. The committee was formed in August of last year under the leadership of former National Security Council Chairman Jacob Nagel and ...
By Mohammed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt “The player in the “Game of Nations” is forced by the nature of his surroundings to move in the game that sometimes has nothing to do with winning. The permanent goal of the players in the Game of Nations is to continue the game because stopping it means inevitable war.” With these words, the ...
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 Onur Sinan Güzaltan 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 ...
Ali Erdem Köz from Türkiye’s daily Aydınlık daily newspaper conducted a very comprehensive interview with a former Syrian National Army (SNA) commander in Syria. The interview provides many insights on highly controversial topics of rapidly evolving developments in Syria. We present the full interview translating into English. The Syrian National Army (SNA) was established by Türkiye in 2017 through the ...
Following the overthrow of the Baath government in Syria, Türkiye is somehow at the center of the new emerging structure. But exactly how? What are the new positive and negative possibilities opening up before Türkiye? We asked Yakup Aslan, the Ankara representative of China Global Television Network, who closely monitors the region, about the new situation and prospects for Türkiye. ...
By Yunus Soner I travelled several times to the Arab Republic of Syria during the war. To check out Western propaganda that Syria was a sectarian dictatorship, I used to ask people, both in political meetings as well as on the streets, to which religious group they belonged. The answer was always astonishing: ‘I refuse to answer this question. I ...
Last week in Türkiye, as in the rest of the world, the spotlight was on Syria. The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled the country and sought refuge in Russia following the fall of Aleppo and Damascus with the offensive launched on November 27 by groups led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The Syrian Arab Republic’s army surrendered without resisting the ...