Year: 2016
Sarıkamış, Çanakkale, Al-Bab
By: Aydın Ünal* One-hundred-and-two years ago today, on Dec. 26, 1914, it was understood that the Sarıkamış Operation would be unsuccessful, thus the course of the war was changed. Russian Commander Maslofski says, “The Turks nearly [ More … ]
The way out against a sectarian war
By: Yasin Aktay* The image that the incidents in Syria is a sectarian war, is the image those who are managing the war are constantly trying to portray. Frankly, the language and motivation used by [ More … ]
Time for action at UN and global level
By Amir Lakha* UN Charter designed 70 years ago is clearly out of date; we need innovative system for global crises. We are in the midst of one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our [ More … ]
Hamas leader ‘Khaled Mashaal’ tells Israel to implement UN resolution
Speaking in Istanbul, Khaled Mashaal demands immediate halt to building of settlements in occupied Palestinian territories Hamas leader Khaled Mashal has urged Israelto implement the recently-passed UN Security Council resolution demanding a halt in illegal [ More … ]
Egypt says 49 fishermen held by Yemen rebels freed
The fishermen returned to Yemen’s southern Al-Hudaydah province Egyptian authorities said Saturday 49 fishermen held by Houthi rebels in Yemen have been released. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement the freed fishermen returned to [ More … ]
Turkish police detain opposition party ‘HDP’ official in Ankara
Aysel Tugluk has been detained as part of an investigation carried out by Diyarbakir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office Police detained a senior official of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Ankara on Monday morning, [ More … ]
Russian military plane heading to Syria crashes, all passengers die
A Russian military plane carrying 92 people, including soldiers, Red Army Choir members, and journalists crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, killing everyone on board, Russian authorities said. The [ More … ]
Egypt Police Cancel Le Marché Furniture Fair for Security Concerns
Egypt’s Ministry of Interior has canceled the annual Le Marché, a leading furniture fair that has been held in Cairo for the past 32 years. Speaking to state media Al-Ahram, a security source said the event [ More … ]
Political prisoners in Iran send letters in support for Aleppo
The end of Aleppo battle resembled a new step for Iran in its plan to control the region is done. Iran’s regime policy relies on prohibiting any opposition movement inside its own borders, and expansion [ More … ]
Al-Sisi may sacrifice some low-ranking officers over Regeni’s murder
About ten days after Egypt’s Prosecutor-General Nabil Sadek’s meeting with Rome’s Chief Prosecutor Giuseppe Pignatone and Italian investigation team, leaks are still emerging on the developments of Italian Ph.D. Student Giulio Regeni’s murder in Egypt. Giulio Regeni, [ More … ]
12 Daesh terrorists killed, 140 targets destroyed in Syria’s Al-Bab: Turkish army
A total of 12 Daesh terrorists were “neutralized” in Syria’s Al-Bab city during the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield, according to the Turkish military. Turkish Armed Forces said on Sunday, a total of 140 Daesh targets including a military headquarters [ More … ]
A Saudi soldier killed in an exchange of fire with Houthis on border
Houthis fired a volley of rockets on Saudi positions A Saudi soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with Houthi rebels on border with war-torn Yemen on Saturday, according to the kingdom’s interior ministry. [ More … ]
Ethiopian PM accuses Al-Sisi regime of funding opposition groups
Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn said that there are Egyptian institutions harboring, supporting, and funding terrorist groups in Ethiopia, during his interview on Al- Muqabla show aired on Al-Jazeera on Thursday. The Ethiopian prime minister’s [ More … ]
US state department warns citizens of traveling to Egypt
The United States’ State Department reintroduced on Friday Egypt to its travel warning list after briefly removing it in November. The new travel warning cited a number of terror attacks that include the bombing of [ More … ]