Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on the morning of Thursday 24 February the launch of a military operation in the province of Donbas in east Ukraine. It transpired later that the operation was widened as…
India’s loyalty gravitated towards America during the time of the BJP government when it came to power in 1998, then fell in 2004, and returned 10 years later in 2014 under the leadership of Modi,…
On September 2, 2020, Turkey announced two new naval warnings in the eastern Mediterranean for Russia to conduct live ammunition exercises in the gas exploration area, and the first date was set between September 8-2022…
On Tuesday 18 August 2020, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon found one single defendant guilty of assassinating former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri in February 2005. Lebanese president Michel Aoun called for “accepting the verdict…
The deal between the UAE and Israel was not preceded by any notable precursors indicating the presence of an imminent agreement. The understanding was rather announced via Twitter by US President Donald Trump who tweeted,…
An escalation of tensions and brinkmanship in the eastern Mediterranean has intensified recently between Turkey and Greece. Observers of the events can quickly ascertain that America has been orchestrating the crisis since she gave the…
Armenia and Azerbaijan have traded accusations about who had initiated the attack against the other. However, according to the statement of the Turkish government, it is Armenia who started the attack; and this is corroborated…
Although the Iraqi historian and researcher in security and strategic affairs, Hisham al-Hashimi, was not a significant figure on the Iraqi political scene, his assassination a few days ago, however, by unmasked assassins denoted a…
Bringing the last chapter of the Palestinian issue to a full and final conclusion has become a declared aim within the so-called Deal of the Century which reflects itself in the measures undertaken by Netanyahu…
Following the US Defence Secretary’s objection to Trump’s threats to deploy US troops to quell the protests, 89 former defence staff, including four former defence secretaries, namely Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel, Ash Carter and William…