Middle East
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The Graeco-Turkish Aegean ‘Talks’: Ankara, Berlin, Washington and Israel versus Greece?
The 61st round of exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey are due to begin on 25 January, following considerable pressure…
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President Erdoğan’s advisor says Turkey’s intel agency will feed Swedish-based Turkish journalist to the sharks
Speaking during a debate program on a CNN Türk on January 15, 2021, a pro-government media outlet, Caşın targeted Abdullah Bozkurt,…
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Holocaust survivors and Tory MPs press Boris Johnson over Uighur ‘genocide’
LONDON — Holocaust survivors and Conservative rebels want Boris Johnson to get tough with China over the Uighurs — and…
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US sanctions Turkey over purchase of S-400 missile system from Russia
Washington: The United States on Monday (local time) imposed sanctions on Turkey for purchase of S-400 surface-to-air missile system from…
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Once again our support to Şener Levent is necessary
On August 1st 2018, we (i.e. Κυκλάμινο – Cyclamen – Siklâmen) wrote in a pamphlet:“Most certainly the Cypriot Government SHOULD…
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The U.S. Should Reverse Its Huthi Terror Designation
Proponents argue the measure will provide leverage with the Huthis, but in reality it will hurt efforts to end the…
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Document exposes large-scale spying campaign on critics in Australia by Turkish diplomats
A judicial document has confirmed that educators, representatives of local associations, professionals and businessmen living in Australia had been profiled…
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Australia’s Baha’i community pleads for help as arbitrary arrests and home raids escalate in Iran
Growing up in Iran as a child of the Baha’i faith, Mr Moradi was often beaten at school. Tracey Shelton…
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What’s Behind Erdoğan’s Sudden Warming Towards Israel?
“We would have liked to bring our ties to a better point,” Erdoğan said on Friday after having bashed Israel’s…
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Saudi activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive to be released from prison within months
A Saudi court has handed prominent activist Loujain al-Hathloul a prison term of five years and eight months for terrorism-related…
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Saudi activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive sentenced to nearly six years in prison
A Saudi court sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after…
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Syrian refugees flee Lebanese camp near Tripoli after their tents were set on fire
At least three people were wounded in the clash on Saturday (local time) near the coastal city of Tripoli, which…
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Turkey: the rise and fall of the Kurdish party that threatened Erdoğan
It has been a lonely year for Adalet Fidan, the mayor of Silopi in Turkey’s Kurdish south-east – and not…
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Trump pardons Blackwater contractors jailed for massacre of Iraq civilians
Donald Trump has pardoned four security guards from the private military firm Blackwater who were serving jail sentences for killing…
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Germany and Finland bring home women from Islamic State camps
The foreign ministries of both nations said the women and children were brought back this weekend for humanitarian reasons. BBC…
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This is not an obituary
The Paris correspondent of The Irish Times, Lara Marlowe, wrote that her former husband, the journalist Robert Fisk, used to…
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