The head of the Russian private military contractor Wagner returned to a familiar theme this week — bashing the country's military leadership for failures in the war in Ukraine. That 's something only a select few can do publicly without drawing retribution from the Kremlin. The comments...

The Lebanese caretaker foreign minister launched an attack on the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, warning that the Syrian refugees threaten the existence of Lebanon. Abdullah Bou Habib said in an interview before the Italian Association of International Organizations in Rome that until today...

(THE CONVERSATION) When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed credit on April 30, 2023, for killing Islamic State group leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi in Syria, it may not have been simply a straightforward announcement of victory over the leader of a terrorist group....

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has remained in power for 20 years by repeatedly surmounting political crises: mass protests, corruption allegations, an attempted military coup and a huge influx of refugees fleeing Syria's civil war. Now the Turkish people and economy are being...