The areas of the activity of the Russian-Turkish commission on Syria have become clear. The Turkish Foreign Minister said that Syria’s next government must be “comprehensive” and “secular.” Russia insists on closing the Turkish-Syrian border. Is Turkey willing to be in the wake of Moscow’s policy in the Syrian conflict? As a result of the…
Amid ongoing strains related to the recent attempted military coup in Turkey, tension between the two Aegean neighbors has flared up upon the Greek president’s call for a “sincere apology” from Ankara for what Athens describes as the “Pontic genocide.” Ankara has also been angered by claims from the Greek side that the historic Orthodox…
F-16 jets at Incirlik air base (AFP) 15 August 2016 Washington think-tank says it is a ‘roll of the dice’ for US to keep estimated 50 weapons at Incirlik base due to coup and Syria war. Dozens of US nuclear weapons stored at a Turkish air base near Syria are at risk of being captured…
What really happened on the night of Osama bin Laden’s death? In The Killing of Osama bin Laden, Seymour Hersh offers a compelling alternative version to the details that led to bin Laden’s death. He also investigates unproven assertions justifying the US’s thus far disastrous involvement in the Syrian civil war. Truthout recently interviewed Hersh…
August 14, 2016 Turkey is planning to introduce a new civil management model for the country’s Defense Ministry based on the US Pentagon, which will be composed of 60 percent civil and 40 percent military personnel, local media reported on Sunday citing ministerial sources. According to the July 31 state of emergency decree law, issued…
It all starts with a Wahhabi-Zionist lovefest. The Saudi Foreign Ministry was forced to go on a non-denial denial overdrive about a visit to Israel on July 22 by a delegation led by retired Gen. Anwar Eshki. Eshki happens to be close to Saudi intel superstar and onetime close Osama bin Laden pal Prince Turki bin Faisal, who recently met in the open with former Israel…
