US anti-air missiles for Kurds to meet Turkish, Syrian threats
The US is supplying N. Syrian Kurds with man-portable air defense weapons MANPADs to counter Turkish war threats. Tensions around
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NATO
Turkey Joins Iran’s Anti-US Ranks on Burning Regional Issues
Turkey, the Middle East’s perennial odd man out, has just jumped into bed with his latest significant other, Iran. Their
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What Does Merkel Plan to Do after Booting Anglo Allies?
A couple of sentences uttered by German Chancellor Angela Merkel Sunday, May 28, caused uneasy flaps in European and transatlantic
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Putin – Outfaced by Trump’s New Sunni Bloc – Conducts Strategic Troop Movements in Syria
No one in Washington or the Middle East expected President Donald Trump’s visits to Riyadh and Jerusalem to go unnoticed
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A Russian-Iranian Force Steals up on Syrian Border Triangle for Trump’s Trip
As President Donald Trump cut through the Middle East – from May 20 in Riyadh to Jerusalem on May 22
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Unraveling Trump’s Strategies for Russia, China, the Mid East and Europe
The assertion that the foreign policy directions charted by the 45th President of the United States directions are unknowable, as
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Erdogan Is Losing Control. The Syrian War Is Trickling into Turkey
The assassination of the Russian ambassador in Ankara on Monday, Dec. 19, by a Turkish special forces officer, 22-year old
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Russia and Iran Secretly Connive to Promote Taliban
Russia and Iran appear to be replicating their strategic alliance in Syria for backing Bashar Assad with another shared scheme
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Are Europe and NATO Right to Be Scared of a Trump-Putin Détente?
Just days before the US presidential election, NATO leaders were set for a big push to bolster the organization’s military
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Friendship with Trump May Catapult Farage into the UK Foreign Office
Nigel Farage, the founder of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) which promoted Brexit, was the first British and indeed European
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