Time to Reconsider the Region's Affairs
With Iran's influence on the rise and proxy wars being fought in multiple countries, there are but two options available to Middle Eastern nations: More of the same or a fresh start.
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AFAD and Local NGOs Deserve a Nobel Peace Prize
There is something almost legendary going on in Turkey in regard to the Syrian refugees. This amazing work by AFAD and local nongovernmental organizations deserves better international recognition.
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The Syrian crisis has created a new cold war environment that calls on countries to take sides. This new environment has given rise to a state of "inaction" which has worked well for the Assad regime.
In response to the most recent developments, foreign fighters became a top priority for the intelligence community in Turkey and other European countries.
Egypt represents the heart of the Arab world. The country has the potential to create new regional trends in terms of the balance of power in the Middle East and the transformation of Islamic movements.
In the shadow of on-going discussions about the integration and legal status of Syrians living in Turkey, Yavuz Güçtürk, a researcher at SETAs Law and Human Rights Department, made an assessment on the current position of Syrian refugees who have preferred forced displacement over war.
The End of Another Hostage Crisis
Forty-nine hostages were rescued from ISIS after a successful operation. Considering the delicacy of the situation, the supervision and conduct of this operation appear worthy of commendation.
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Combatting Gender-Based Violence Aganist Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon
In Jordan and Lebanon, Syrian women often experience intense exploitation, particularly if they represent a vulnerable sector of society whether a widow, single woman or an undocumented resident.
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The US presidents appeasement of Israel would shame his former dining partners, whose own stories capture Americas problematic relationship with the Middle East.
The normalising of Turkey-Israel relations since the establishment of Israel in the19th century has been strained by default.
We must realise that Sharon is only one face - albeit all-encompassing of the same persistent calamity: Israeli apartheid and colonisation.
An agreement that included almost all of the terms in the recent deal had been signed among Turkey, Brazil and Iran in 2010.
The Angola issue will pave the way for discussions over Islamophobia again as its profound impacts are becoming more visible in the third world countries lately.
Unless the US immediately broadens its perspective, there will be no guarantees that the new agreement with Iran will not suffer the same fate the Tehran agreement Turkey and Brazil achieved three years ago.
Where will the Syrian crisis spread to? What will the region be like today if there had not been a Syrian crisis? Could the Syrian crisis lead the region into an even worse crisis?
The Assad-Sisi axis has become one of the paradigms explaining very well the global crisis that we have gone through as far as its actors and global repercussions are concerned.
Hezbollah will face its real crisis when it completes its transformation from a respected regional actor to a lonely actor.
The Arab Gulf countries have caused the prolongation of the Baath regimes life by not providing strong support to the Syrian opposition and by instigating segregations.
The irony of the fate is that President of the United States Barack Obama had to broker Israels or the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus defeat to Turkey in the Middle East - though he could not wrestle with Israel in Washington.
A country which really wants to engage in a war would not have carried out an active diplomacy with Syria for six months and with international community for thirteen months.
Syria and Israel are two semi-states which base their identities on pretended hostility.
