Clashes between tribal forces and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have been increasing in eastern Syria in recent weeks. İsmail Hakkı Pekin explains the developments. Pekin was also the officer commanding the implementation of the Adana Agreement signed between Türkiye and Syria in 1998. Recently, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov made a statement and brought up the Adana Agreement again. We ...
by Yiğit Saner writing for UWI from Rome / Italy One of the eight elections that will change the world in 2023 will take place in Türkiye. Perhaps the most prominent reason behind the international interest in the elections is undoubtedly the fact that a country of great geopolitical importance like Türkiye creates an area of influence stretching from Libya ...
By Nahed al Huseini for UWI / Damascus, Syria Middle Eastern diplomacy around the Arab Republic of Syria has accelerated very much in the recent weeks. The Syrian Foreign Minister has visited a number of countries, and Damascus has also received official delegations from its neighbors, last but not least from the President of Iran. The country’s return to the ...
By Dr. Najm al-Ahmad Minister of Justice of the Syrian Arab Republic 2012 – 2017, Professor at the Faculty of Law in Damascus University The illegal intervention of the United States in Syria internal affairs can be evaluated altogether as a political, economic and legal issue. The acts of the United States are not based on any legal legitimacy. They can ...
The earthquake of February 6 did not care about borders and shook Türkiye and Syria similarly. But the two countries presented a quite different capacity to respond the disaster. We spoke with Firas Alshoufi, Journalist in the Syrian daily newspaper Al Akhbar on the reasons for that difference, the current situation in Syria and political opportunities in relations between Damascus ...
By Ceyhun Bozkurt* Due to the earthquake, which has been tearing at all of our hearts, we have focused on the cities hit by the disaster and the search and rescue and relief activities there for a long time. The destruction is huge. Our pain and anger are great… We will talk and write about it all. However, when we look ...
Gulf states were the spearhead in efforts to overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad following the outbreak of an uprising against it within the so-called Arab Spring revolutions in 2011. These states played the largest role in supporting opposition groups such as the Free Syrian Army with weapons and isolating the regime in the Arab world. However, in the ...
At dawn on February 6, a terrible earthquake devastated large areas of southern Türkiye and northern Syria, causing considerable loss of life in both countries. The toll continues to rise. The tragedy revealed discriminatory policies, in particular on the part of the United States, and of the European Union in its wake, engaged since 2011 in a polymorphic war against ...
By Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yuva * In 2005, in Türkiye chaos erupted on the streets on the pretext of the Nevruz event. In France, the deaths of two Muslim youths in an electrical current while fleeing from the police triggered months of street protests and dozens of workplaces, schools, state institutions and cars were set on fire. In July, in ...
By Nahed al Huseini / Damascus, Syria Turkish-Syrian rapprochement is continuing in a fast speed. It is expected that a bilateral foreign minister meeting will take place very soon under Russian mediation. Both sides have stated that struggle against terrorism and the dealing with the challenge of migration constitute important topics, as well as efforts of regional autonomy in the ...