In Latest Count, 7.8 mag Earthquake Kills More than 5,000 in Turkey and Syria

Number of victims could go to 10,000

Guterres on Idlib, Syria: “Young Children Are Freezing to Death… Stop now!”

Full Remarks We are all aware of the unfolding crisis in northwest Syria and the terrible human toll on civilians. Nearly 900,000 people – the vast majority women and children – have fled in the latest fighting under the most...

U.N.

UN on Idlib: A Council Without Heroes… But One

byTeddy Ostrow

Staffan de Mistura urged the UN Security Council in a crucial meeting to put the people of Idlib before national interests. The terrorist-rebel-controlled province, home to three million Syrian civilians of whom half are internally displaced refugees, is threatened with...

U.N.

UN Defends Turkish Democracy, But Is It Still There?

byJoanna Wagner

Having received the support of the United Nations, Erdogan's government is cautioned by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein to show restraint and respect democracy. However, what is there left to defend after Turkish freedom of...

Mediterranean

The Geopolitics of the Middle East Crisis

byManlio Graziano

The rivalry between Russia and Turkey and between Turkey and Iran dates as far back as the Sixteenth Century. The Middle East crisis highlights the conflicting interests of these powers in the area. The European Union, meanwhile, remains divided between...

English

There Is No More Hope for Obama, While Turkey Decides about its Sultan

byJames Hansen

When even street artist Shepard Fairey has lost hope in the man he helped get elected in 2008, Gallup's latest survey showing that Obama's approval index is lower than Nixon's and G. W. Bush's shouldn't come as a surprise. In Turkey, on the other hand, Erdoğan just...

English

CHAMP is Coming, the US Missile that Kills Computers only

byJames Hansen

The United States has a new missile, CHAMP (Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project), that can destroy enemy computers and electronic control systems, without killing human beings. Turkey wants back "Ottoman Diplomacy"; China knows how to lose money for oil (Leggilo...