Most of the convictions on the ISIL have proven to be false so far, which has urged the West and regional powers to revisit their strategies toward Iraq and Syria
German magazine Der Spiegel reported last week that the German intelligence agency has been spying on Turkey since 2009.
It was June when Kurds came closest to gaining their dream of independence. Northern Iraqi Kurds captured the oil-rich Kirkuk following the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) assault on Mosul on June 10.
'Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans,' John Lennon once said. This is exactly what is happening in the Middle East today
When answering Rose’s question on Israel-Palestine, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: 'Turkey is the principal interlocutor that I would look to'
Last week I shared the critical messages of Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani, on their bid for independence and relations with Turkey. Now it’s time for his assessments on the region.
I met with Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff to President of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Masoud Barzani in Istanbul right after their critical meetings with President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in Ankara July 14
The US is planning a very limited airstrike, which means only targeting ISIL leaders and their dominated areas by drones
“Why not leave the dark pages of history behind,” Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Jaafari, asks Ankara
