Afrin besieged by Turkey: analysis (geopolitical) By Chris Den Hond Translate By : Hassan Ghazi During the round table in the premises of the Syrian Research Center, on “political issues in Syria” on March 18,...
Behrooz Shojai Presented on Twitter Space, April 4, 2023 As Iran moved from a territorial empire to a modern one, the concept of sovereignty was redefined according to a mix of the Jacobinist notion of...
Djene Bajalan The death in September of a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, Jîna (Mahsa) Amini, whilst in the custody of the Tehran branch of the Gasht-e Ershad—Iran’s “morality police”—served as the catalyst for a wave...
The origins of the Red Line Agreement can be traced back to the initial formation of the Turkish Petroleum Company (TPC) in 1912. The TPC was formed as a joint venture between Royal Dutch/Shell, the...
What has been confirmed many times over by the individuals and groups who have traveled to Rojava, whether to report back about what is happening, to engage in the struggle, or to help with civic...
By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this article is available at https://soundcloud.com/user-153425019/attack-in-iran-raises-spectre-of-a-potentially-far-larger-conflagration An attack on a military parade in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz is likely to prompt Iranian retaliation against opposition...
Are Turks really fighting ISIS? The reporter reveals that when you try to search the war declared by Turkey against ISIS in the so-called operation Euphrates Shield you come up empty handed; no photos of corpses of combatants...
At the same time, the United States often finds itself supporting nations or groups of fighters in the Middle East who make for rather dubious allies. It supported the mujahideen in Afghanistan, which turned into...
epc.ae Sardar Aziz In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), gas is a relatively new industry rapidly growing in importance. The region has a massive amount of gas, accounting for an estimated 3 percent of...
The community of Iranians shape one of the largest share of immigrants in the US out of seven countries in the executive order. During recent visa ban on Iranian visa holders, the widespread hype has...