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The agreed peace between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) based in northern Iraq could have been jeopardized by the Turkish airstrikes which hit the group although the targets where described as “terrorist threats” by the authorities. Turkey and PKK sealed a Read more
Turkey has deployed members of its Special Forces Command along the Syrian border controlled by the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the pro-Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD). The Special Forces are positioned in Read more
As the ongoing fight against the militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shown its limits, the United Kingdom’ Prime Minister David Cameron, whose country is partaking in the US-led military campaign against the group, told the Read more
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb staged separate ambush attacks killing a number of Algerian soldiers on Friday. The information was confirmed by the Algerian Defense Ministry on Sunday in a statement saying nine soldiers have been killed and two seriously Read more
A traditional diplomatic press conference on Thursday turned out to be a spat between Prime Minister Netanyahu and British foreign secretary Philip Hammond as they disagree over the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1. After having read from Read more
Militants of the Islamic State in the Syrian border town of Jarablus are preparing themselves militarily for a possible Turkish intervention after several reports claimed that Ankara is on the verge of launching an attack. Shazza Khalil, an activist living Read more
The strong & centuries-old relationship between Morocco and the African continent received Monday a boost with the announcement of birth of a new institute for African religious scholars. The announcement was made Monday evening at a ceremony chaired by King Read more
Speaking Sunday about the terrorist bombing that targeted the Italian Consulate in Cairo on Saturday, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi promised a studied response to the terrorist attack claimed by IS and hailed Egyptian president al-Sissi for his determination to Read more
Controversial Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour has been lately at the center of a scandal, this time not because he is under an Egyptian arrest warrant nor because he has been arrested by the German police at Berlin’s airport, but because he insulted in the most Read more
The 45-day deadline for Turkey to have a new government started ticking on Thursday after President Erdoğan officially tasked incumbent Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to form a new cabinet during a “State Day” meeting regularly held every Thursday. Critics alleged that the president Read more