The Turkish government is repeatedly stating its will to pursue another military opeation in the north of Syria. Ankara has also brought up the topic on the recent meeting of the Astana trio in Tehran in meetings with Iranian and Russian counterparts. We interviewed Ismail Hakkı Pekin, retired Lieutenant-General of the Turkish Armed Forces and former Head of Military Intelligence ...
Although the tripartite meeting in Tehran had a significant impact on the global media due to its temporal proximity to Biden’s Middle East visit, the principle of this meeting, regardless of its coincidence with Biden’s return to the US, is critical for the Middle East and global equations. The presence of Putin and Erdogan in Tehran comes just a few ...
US CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth McKenzie has held a keynote speech on an event of the Middle East Institute on February 8. McKenzie outlined the US military’s view on the Middle East. The full text of the speech can be read here. New competitors in the Middle East: Russia and China The US General implicitly acknowledges a loss of the ...