The end of December can mark for Iraqi people and political history a decisive turning point as the American occupation forces are scheduled to leave the country according to an agreement between Baghdad and Washington.
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Over the past few days, the Turkish army started sending equipment and arms to the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. The new Turkish weapons supplies to the takfiri militias is coming as Idlib is recognized as the world's largest stronghold of the terrorists.
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During the years of the Syrian conflict, the annoying issue to Damascus has been the constant Israeli airstrikes that are meant to widen the range of crisis and disrupt the Syrian government's fight against terrorism.
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While Turkey is hit hard by the hardest economic crisis since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has assumed the power two decades ago, he seems to be setting his heart on help from the Persian Gulf, specifically Qatar. The Turkish national currency has now depreciated to a historic rate of 13.72 lira against the US dollar, sounding the alarm for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leaders.
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As Persian Gulf region these days is scene to extensive diplomatic tours, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman started a regional tour seeing him visit (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council members.
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The Monday visit to Iran of the UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan that came a few weeks after Emirati FM's Syria visit triggered speculations about Abu Dhabi leaders' tendency to de-escalate with the Iran-led Axis of Resistance and create new relationship atmosphere with the Islamic Republic after years of ups and downs.
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About two months after the Iraqi parliamentary elections, a limbo remains dominant in the Iraqi political stage. However, over the past week, with an initiative presented by Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF) it seems that political gridlock is moving to formation of a new government.
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President Emmanuel Macron of France visited the three Persian Gulf Arab states of the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia on December 3 and 4. He arrived in Abu Dhabi on Friday heading a high-ranking delegation. On Saturday, he entered Qatar and then flew to Saudi Arabia. During the three-day visit, the French leader talked to leaders of the three monarchies.
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Sporadic ISIS attacks in Iraq once again caused a disaster and called the public attention to the dangers of the remnants of the terrorist group in the country. According to security officials of Iraqi Kurdistan region, on Friday, ISIS fighters kidnapped three people from a village in Erbil outskirts and then in an ambush set for the Kurdish security forces killed 13.
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Following Ansarullah's recent stunning advances in Yemen's west coast and tightening the encirclement of Ma'rib, the self-confidence to press ahead with the battle against the Saudi-Emirati coalition and its mercenaries has substantially increased among the Yemeni forces...
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The UK government's efforts to label Hamas a “terrorist” organization should be viewed in the context of “Israel's” global efforts to stifle pro-Palestinian action.
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The Emirati-Israeli normalization in August 2020 substantially prepared the ground for increase of cooperation between the two sides at security and political levels in West Asia and North Africa. One of the areas of cooperation of Abu and Tel Aviv is Yemen. Recently, an officer in Yemen commanding forces loyal to the UAE met an Israeli intelligence official in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
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Three months after formation of a new government and end of the 13-month political deadlock, the Lebanese people who are fed up with the bitting economic crisis and power struggle of the political parties are looking forward to see improvement of the conditions through implementation of the government promises.
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As the political solution to the decade-long Syrian crisis gains traction and acceleration, the Syrian Kurds become a potential crisis spot because of their geopolitical position, the conflicting interests of the foreign actors, their further power gain, their possible influence on the Kurds across West Asian states, and also sensitivities shown by the countries with Kurdish minorities.
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As the ultimatum to the US occupation forces to withdraw from Iraq draws to an end with the end of the year, on November 25 the joint Iranian-Iraqi judicial committee on the assassination of the Iran's Quds Force Commander General Qassem Soleimani and Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces' Deputy Commander...
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Heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation, President Ibrahim Raisi of Iran arrived in Ashgabat on Friday at the invitation of his Turkmenistani counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow to take part in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit.
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A year from the ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the two countries recently witnessed an escalation of border skirmishes that risked rerun to full-scale war. However, Russia immediately like before stepped in for mediation and insisted that the two states should implement the agreed-upon deal terms.
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More than 10 years after the start of Syrian crisis, the country is heading towards the end of the critical conditions. In the new situation, it seems that a new procedure, characterized by diplomacy and soft power, is being implemented to restore the central government's control ....
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While the protests around the highly luxurious palace of President Erdogan calling for his resignation over rallying prices and devaluing national currency are grabbing calm from the Turkish leader, he perhaps more than anything needs to a miracle. It is quite surprising that perhaps a large part of his hope is set to his decade-long regional rival and even foe Mohammed bin Zayed, crown prince of Abu Dhabi.
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Earlier this week, defense ministers of the members of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council agreed on foundation of a joint command center in Riyadh. The decision was made at their 18th meeting on Monday.
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As the central and western Yemeni fronts are squeezing Saudi Arabia, UAE, and their mercenaries and the aggression forces sink in deepening Yemen war swamp day by day, the situation in the eastern parts of Yemen is not any better for the Saudis as Riyadh's several-year plans to get a toehold in Al-Mahra province is running into substantial challenges.
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As Iran and the world powers prepare to resume nuclear negotiations next week in Vienna, a great deal of stances by supporters and opponents of the nuclear deal and its revival begins to find its way to the media outlets.
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Taliban's takeover of Kabul on August 15 not only affected Afghanistan's politics and governance but also went far to influence the already-impoverished country's economy. Although Afghanistan faced rampant economic problems before Taliban's seizure of power, after its dominance over the country as an internationally unrecognized group, the foreign aid-reliant economy of the country more than ever went crisis-hit.
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Tehran hosted a high-ranking Azerbaijani delegation on Sunday. The delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Joint State Commission on Economy, Trade, and Humanitarian Affairs of Iran and Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev. According to Azertac news agency, meetings were held between the two sides at the Iranian ministries of oil and also road and urban development, discussing outlooks for bilateral cooperation.
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While Lebanon is struggling with multiple economic problems, the US in a supportive gesture delivered to the Lebanese armed forces 6 MD-530F+ attack helicopters.
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While the process of the government formation in Iraq a month after the parliamentary election remains in political gridlock as a result of the protest of a number of Shiite factions that questioned the credibility of voting and courting mechanism, now all eyes are on the stances of Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of Sadrist Movement and Saerun parliamentary coalition which holds the majority with 73 seats.
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The British Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday announced that London added Palestinian movement Hamas to its terror blacklist and that anybody who supports the movement would break the law and be subject to legal actions including prison sentence for over 10 years. The move drew widespread reactions from a variety of political circles and public. But what are the goals behind it?
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The Turkish national currency lira price slump set a new record following remarks by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about interest rate cuts and implementation of his monetary orders by the central bank. While the central bank was struggling to keep the market on 10 liras for each US dollar, on Friday each dollar was dealt 11.118 liras, the lowest price of the national currency against dollar in the whole history of the modern Turkey.
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While in the last round of the strategic talks between Baghdad and Washington on July 26, the two sides announced they agreed on the American withdrawal from Iraq by year's end, recently the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dana Stroul told Aljazeera that the Iraqi government urged the American forces to stay in Iraq.
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After a period of intense competition among regional powers in West Asia and North Africa, things seem to be moving to calm and de-escalation, where diplomacy finds chance to show up and play a role. Meanwhile, in a move apparently motivated by the new regional conditions, the UAE said it plans to engage in efforts to improve relations with Iran.
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