How the Obama administration watched the demise of Arab democracy — and paved the way for Trump’s embrace of dictators. President Trump boasts that he has reversed American policies across the Middle East. Where his [ More … ]
By : Hussain Abdul Hussain* Of all the countries that announced their position toward the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, America has probably have taken the most ambiguous stance. Officially, the U.S. opposes Kurdish independence and [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* If Trump wants to put Turkish-U.S. relations back on track, he must stop carrying out Obama’s YPG policy As the United States threatens to strike the Syrian regime, citing preparations for another chemical [ More … ]
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planning to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump next month, hoping for stronger ties with the United States after being “deceived” by ex-President Barack Obama. Turkish leader said he hopes [ More … ]
Just days after reports suggested the US would lift human rights conditions on an arms deal with Bahrain, the Gulf kingdom said Donald Trump understands the region ‘better’ than Obama. US President Donald Trump understands [ More … ]
Hoover institution, described as conservative think tank, has released a report titled: “US-Egypt Strategic Relations from Obama to Trump: What Went Wrong and What Might Be Possible?” which evaluates the US-Egyptian relations during Obama administration [ More … ]
BY: Merve Şebnem Oruç Donald Trump, who took over the U.S. presidency on Jan. 20, was quick to start erasing his predecessor Barack Obama’s legacy. Trump also underwent the most turbulent period in the first week [ More … ]
United States President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly frozen the $221 million dollars that former president Barack Obama had released to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the final hours of his presidency earlier this week, [ More … ]
BY: Taha Kılınç* A day after Barrack Hussein Obama sat in the presidential seat on Jan. 20, 2009, an interesting article was published in The New York Times, one of the most read newspapers in the [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Trump will focus his time and energy on dismantling Obama’s legacy at home and abroad. The question remains whether he, who proved eager to take on the establishment, can overcome the ‘institutional’ obstacles [ More … ]
By: Tamer Korkmaz* Esteban Santiago, a U.S. soldier who was deployed in Iraq, turned himself in after he killed five people at Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida. It was revealed that he went to the FBI [ More … ]
BY: HILAL KAPLAN When Barack Obama was first elected U.S. president, some 44 animals were sacrificed in a Turkish village to celebrate his victory, which is one of the greatest symbols of delight in our tradition. [ More … ]
BY: RAGIP SOYLU* His blonde hair puffing, he paces back and forth, while his supporters cheer what he said about the Democratic Party’s candidate; he waits until the shouting ends and stares at people with [ More … ]
– Leaders agree not to allow PKK to settle in northern Iraq – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed a number of regional issues late Wednesday, according to a statement from the [ More … ]
– ‘Just as ISIL has been defeated in communities across Iraq, ISIL will be defeated in Mosul,’ Obama says – The battle to oust Daesh from Iraq’s second largest will be “tough”, but ultimately successful, [ More … ]
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