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This Is What Happens When You Think “the West” Is Just the Direction Where the Sun Sets
FBI Affidavit Reveals US Citizen’s Foiled Attempt to Join ISIS Via Turkey’s Jihadist Transit Hub, Highlighting Erdogan’s Permissive Policies and Resulting in 2023 Guilty Plea
United Druze Spiritual Leaders Condemn Syrian Government’s Treacherous Siege and Assault on al-Suwayda’, Demanding Withdrawal and Accountability
U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff Has Not Yet Come to Baghdad, Which Many in the Trump Administrition Still View Through the Outdated Lens of 2003 Rather Than 2025
Judge John P. Cronan Invalidated Subpoenas Issued at Turkey’s Request Seeking U.S. Banking Records of a Longtime Aide to the Late Fethullah Gülen
Radical Jihadist Groups Have Turned Their Attention Toward the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Demanding Decisive Action Against Israel
Evyatar David Is Skin and Bones. He Is 24 Years Old; He Was 22 When He Was Kidnapped 668 Days Ago by Hamas at the Nova Music Festival
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron Virtue Signal, but Hamas’s Terrorism Cannot Be Legitimated
Macron and Starmer Are Sending a Frustated Message to Israel, but Give Hamas More Reason to Avoid a Ceasefire
An Interview with the Shaykh al-Karama Forces
The Notorious Turkish Intelligence Service Has Undergone a Sweeping Internal Restructuring Into a Key Instrument for Domestic Repression and Aggressive Foreign Influence Campaigns
U.S.-Backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: Cyprus Could Be a ‘Humanitarian Transit Area’ in a $2B Scheme to ‘Temporarily’ House Palestinian Refugees
Founded in the Wake of the Historic Abraham Accords, Sharaka’s Aim Is to Transform the Middle East from the Ground Up, Promoting What It Calls “People to People Diplomacy.”
Top Turkish Court Denies Greek Heirs’ Claim to Multimillion-Dollar Istanbul Estate, Reinforcing State Control Over Abandoned Minority Properties and Setting a Precedent for Future Restitution Cases
There Is a Growing Dissonance Between Trump’s Enthusiasm for Supposed Strong Leaders Such as Erdoğan and Trump’s Promise to ‘Make America Great Again’
It Is Apparent That amid the Great Suffering of Gaza’s People, Hamas Has No ‘Victory’ to Speak Of
Azerbaijan’s Demand for a Zangezur Corridor Is About War, Not Peace
What Happens in Gaza Does Not Stay in Gaza. By Validating Hamas’s Choices, European Leaders Today Promote Hamas as a Model
To Be a Loyal Turk, It Is Now Implicitly—And Often Explicitly—Understood That One Must Be Muslim
Macron Fears the Restiveness of His Own Arab Population and Wishes to Appease a Domestic Islamic Bloc That Cares Little for French Laicism
How the Nature of Iran’s Networks in Syria Was Widely Misunderstood
The Choice for the Trump Administration Is Stark: Defeat the Houthis or Double Down on Failed Strategies That Enable the Houthis to Thrive
