UAE MOVES CLOSER TO ISRAEL, GREECE AND CYPRUS BOLSTERING EGYPT’S REGIONAL ROLE

Sourced : Hurriyet By Micha’el Tanchum (Fellow at the Energy Policy Research Center at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey).   Combat pilots from United Arab Emirates (UAE) are making history by flying alongside their Israeli counterparts in a joint air force exercise hosted by Greece. While the UAE and Israel have no formal diplomatic ties, the… Continue reading UAE MOVES CLOSER TO ISRAEL, GREECE AND CYPRUS BOLSTERING EGYPT’S REGIONAL ROLE

TURKEY’S WORLWIDE MONITORING OF SUSPECTED GULEN SUPPORTERS

Sourced : Spiegel By Hasnain Kazim The Turkish Embassy in Tokyo took the easier route: In a secret report, it listed 15 schools believed to be associated with Muslim preacher Fethullah Gülen. The list included the schools’ names, Japanese addresses, names of the school heads, email addresses, telephone numbers and the dates of their establishment.… Continue reading TURKEY’S WORLWIDE MONITORING OF SUSPECTED GULEN SUPPORTERS

TURKEY CAN NOT OCCUPY NORTHERN SYRIA, CAN NOT WITHDRAW WITHOUT LOSING FACE

Sourced : Sputnik On Wednesday, Turkey’s National Security Council announced the end of Operation Euphrates Shield, or the Turkish military intervention in Syria. The Council emphasized that the campaign had achieved its immediate objectives of ensuring national security, beating back Daesh and seeing the return of Syrian refugees to their homes in and around the… Continue reading TURKEY CAN NOT OCCUPY NORTHERN SYRIA, CAN NOT WITHDRAW WITHOUT LOSING FACE

RUSSIAN AISTRIKES HIT SYRIAN REBEL OUTPOST NEAR TURKISH BORDER

Sourced : Turkish Minute Jets believed to be Russian hit an outpost run by moderate rebel forces in northwestern Syria near a major border crossing with Turkey, Reuters reported on Sunday. According to rebel sources, at least one fighter was killed and several people were wounded after Russian jet raids overnight hit an outpost near… Continue reading RUSSIAN AISTRIKES HIT SYRIAN REBEL OUTPOST NEAR TURKISH BORDER