‘The only winner is Türkiye,’ President Erdogan said in his election victory speech, as the veteran leader’s new tenure ushers in a new era in Turkey, after a presidential race watched by the world A [ More … ]
In the first round of the Turkish presidential elections held on May 14, neither candidate crossed the 50-percent mark for an outright win, triggering an unprecedented run-off vote. On Sunday, 28 May, at 8:00 am. [ More … ]
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry criticized the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) election observer mission’s report on Türkiye’s elections for being politicized and accusatory. In a statement, the ministry said the report fails to [ More … ]
Turkey’s Supreme Election Council makes its final announcement Monday on election results, with all ballot boxes across Turkey opened, giving more than 49% of the vote to incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan The Turkish Supreme [ More … ]
Egypt’s spy chief has reportely met with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s internal opposition to ‘select presidential election rivals’ in the coming elections. The director of Egypt’s intelligence agency has recently met with opposition politicians to discuss [ More … ]
Tunisian electorates deliver crushing rebuke to President Kais Saied by failing to show up to vote in the country’s parliamentary elections Tunisia’s parliamentary elections on Saturday registered one of the lowest electoral turnouts ever recorded [ More … ]
Egyptian politician and head of the Egyptian Reform and Development Party says he expects Egypt’s Sisi to announce he will not run for presidency once again in the in Mid-2024 presidential elections Head of the [ More … ]
Lebanon holds elections, with a likely loss of parliament majority by Hezbollah and its allied parties, according to early reports. The preliminary results from Lebanon’s parliamentary election suggest allies of the Iran-backed Hezbollah have lost [ More … ]
Libyan renegade General Khalifa Hafter has sent his son to Israel to ask for political and military support, Israeli journalist Yossi Melman revealed yesterday in a report published by Haaretz. Last Monday, a private jet [ More … ]
Judiciary head Ebrahim Raisi has been elected as the next president of Iran at a critical juncture for the country. Who is the conservative leader and what are his positions? The 60-year-old Raisi, who enjoys wide backing [ More … ]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has asked his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to support the internal Palestinian reconciliation efforts and the plans for Palestinian elections. The Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported that Abbas spoke [ More … ]
Democratic presidential front-runner says if elected this November he will seek regime change in Turkey In a newly surfaced video, the current front-runner in the US presidential race said he would seek regime change in [ More … ]
After just five months in office, Tunisia’s Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh has called it a day. His resignation came on the heels of a political scandal that has seen critics. Most notably the Ennahdha party accuse [ More … ]
It is a religious obligation to vote amid concerns of low participation, Iranian leaders say. Iranians voted in their country’s 11th parliamentary election, seen as a test for the popularity of President Hassan Rouhani‘s reformist-moderate camp as [ More … ]
Independent candidate Kais Saied won a landslide victory in Sunday’s presidential election in Tunisia, two exit polls projected, although no official results had yet been announced, reported Reuters. Saied, a retired law professor with conservative [ More … ]
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