Turkey, which already hosts the largest refugee population in the world, is at a tipping point, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warning his country wouldn’t be able to cope with another influx of people fleeing the conflict in neighboring Syria. “In case of a new refugee wave, we can’t withstand this alone anymore,” Erdogan said in an…
Trump claims China attempting to interfere in U.S. midterm elections, addressed U.S. policy on Iran and advances in the denuclearization of North Korea. Trump chairs a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. \ CARLOS BARRIA/ REUTERS Trump says he refuses to meet ‘lovely man’ Rohani, not the other…
Brig. Gen. Uri Oron, head of the Israeli Air Force Intelligence, talks to Haaretz about the fast-changing situation in the north, the new reality in Syria and how Israel maintains its aerial superiority. Brig. General Uri OronIsraeli Army Spokesperson’s Unit Downing of Russian jet: Moscow seeks to translate Israel’s embarrassment into gains on the ground…
Wreckage from an airstrike by pro-Assad forces near Idlib Province, September 8, 2018 AMER ALHAMWE / AFP / Getty Over the past several weeks, the war in Syria has crept back into the headlines, even competing with the drama and comedy of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. The focus of attention is a potential humanitarian crisis…
The Turkish president said a new wave of refugees could head to Europe in the wake of an attack CREDIT: AREF TAMMAWI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES A full-scale Syrian regime attack on Idlib would lead to a flow of refugees to Europe and “serious humanitarian and security risks” to the continent, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned. The…
U.S. sanctions are pushing Iran to try and carve out even more profits from Syria’s post-war reconstruction. Russian Navy frigate Admiral Essen sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to Syria, in Istanbul, Turkey August 25, 2018\ YORUK ISIK/ REUTERS U.S. offered Assad to leave Syria if Iran withdraws from south, report says Iran reveals…