Two months after the onset of the Turkish military invasion of the Afrin district in northwestern Syria which has left many Kurds wounded and many displaced from their towns, villages and farms, all of the sudden Staffan De Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Syria, has decided to show up but not to support […]

The Iraqi National Security Council has approved a memorandum of understanding on intelligence cooperation and coordination between Tehran and Baghdad. According to the media office of Iraq’s prime minister, the Iraqi National Security Council in a Sunday session chaired by PM Haider al-Abadi reviewed and approved a memorandum of understanding on intelligence and security cooperation […]

Vladimir Putin is set to extend his power in Russia for another six years after winning Sunday’s presidential election with a decisive 73.9% of the vote, a state-run exit poll shows. Putin was widely expected to win his fourth term as President, with no meaningful opposition in the running and his fiercest opponent, Alexei Navalny, barred […]

Units of Turkey -backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) group have seized control over the Kurdish-held northern Syrian city of Afrin, Syria. Turkish military and its backed FSA  have taken control of Afrin town center, as part of Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch to clear PKK-linked People’s Protection Units (YPG)  in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]

The conflict between the White House and Grand Kremlin Palace, which by far is more dangerous and intense than that of the Cold War era, seems to have reached its peak. The 2008 Russo-Georgian War was a clear instance of Russian military confrontation with one of the allies of the United States. The Russo-Georgian War […]

 Developments in the Trump administration including the appointments of radical figures who severely criticize Iran has coincided with the anti-Russia and anti-Putin propaganda on steroids from the United States and United Kingdom. In an interview with the American television network NBC in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the alleged meddling of 13 Russian nationals […]

Tens of thousands took to the streets of the UK for protests on Saturday to demonstrate against the rise of racism, Islamophobia and Donald Trump’s presidency. Organized by the activist group Stand up To Racism, over 20,000 people marched across cities in the UK including London, Cardiff and Glasgow, Anadolu Agency reported. “The marches were […]

 At least 29 armed militants were killed during air attacks by Afghan air force in Helmand province, south of Afghanistan, on Saturday, Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement released here on Sunday. “The air force’s warplanes targeted hideouts of Taliban militants in Gereshk, Nadali, Nahr-e-Saraj, Sangin and Marjah districts of southern Helmand province, on […]

The only UN-approved financial mechanism to curb deforestation, a key driver of global warming, has bulldozed the rights of forest-dwelling peoples on three continents and needs to be fixed, experts say. The latest sign that these schemes — which pay to restore tropical forests rather than cut them down — are falling short comes from […]

Israel and Jordan have long pursued a common goal to stop the Dead Sea from shrinking while slaking their shared thirst for drinking water with a pipeline from the Red Sea some 200 kilometres away. Geopolitical tensions have stalled efforts to break ground on the ambitious project for years, but the end of the latest […]