The Cause of the Blast Is Undetermined but Two Conservative Papers Suggest a Possible Link to Nuclear Talks
Islamists Establish ‘Third Parties’ to Solidify Power
Products Typically Loaded or Unloaded at This Port Do Not Have the Explosive Power Needed to Cause Such Widespread Devastation
Indian Security Forces No Longer Can Afford to Ignore Qatar-Based Individuals and Institutions That Pose a Threat to India
With U.S. Companies Increasingly Active in Morocco, the Breach Reveals Critical Gaps in Cybersecurity That Threaten American Economic and Strategic Interests Across the Region
Shahid Rajaee Port Is a Major Trade Hub, Handling 85 Percent of the Country’s Total Loading and Unloading of Goods
Supreme Leader’s Nod to Talks Quiets Hardliners, but Their Influence Persists
The Houthis Are the Only Iran-Aligned Force to Have Directed Its Attacks Not at Israel Alone but Also at Western Targets, Including International Shipping
Spotlight: Turkey’s Turn Toward Terrorism
Why is Turkey—a NATO member and ostensible U.S. ally—supporting and hosting terrorists? Why are Hamas’s leaders—joined by hundreds of Hamas terrorists, including those wounded in Gaza fighting U.S. ally Israel—safely ensconced in a “friendly” country? Why did Turkey sponsor Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorists who, having toppled Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, now slaughter ethnic and religious minorities?
NATO—the West’s strategic alliance of democracies—exists to defend its members against the kind of regime Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan leads. It is time for the U.S. and its Western allies to demand that Turkey either cease its sponsorship of terrorism or face sanctions and ostracization from the civilized world.
NATO—the West’s strategic alliance of democracies—exists to defend its members against the kind of regime Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan leads. It is time for the U.S. and its Western allies to demand that Turkey either cease its sponsorship of terrorism or face sanctions and ostracization from the civilized world.
The Case Against Turkey Is Not a Matter of Conjecture or Partisan Polemics; It Is a Matter of Open Record
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