Greater Middle East

Turkish government silencing media: HRW

The Turkish government is silencing the media on a massive scale to prevent scrutiny or criticism the government's "ruthless crackdown," Human Rights Watch charges.

Greater Middle East

Regime breaks deal on Aleppo evacuation

A fragile ceasefire has taken effect in Aleppo as pro-Assad forces seize most of the city, but the regime is failing to follow through on a pledge to evacuate residents to a "safe zone."

Greater Middle East

Turkey: thousands of Kurds displaced in crackdown

Tens of thousands of residents of Diyarbakır's historic Sur district are among a half million Kurds forced from their homes as a result of a brutal crackdown by Turkish authorities.

East Asia

China factor in the Trump world order

Xi Jinping is weighing whether he will be invited to join the authoritarian New Order—or whether Putin will desert him for Trump, and the two of them will gang up on China.

Greater Middle East

The new Axis: Moscow, Damascus, Washington

Trump's election has given Russia a green light for the destruction of Aleppo; Bashar Assad now has the open support of both superpowers in his war of extermination.

Iraq

Syria and Iraq in the Trump world order

Trump intends to divide Syria with Putin the way Hitler divided Poland with Stalin—but will the US will be able to control its sphere amid social collapse and sectarian maelstrom?

Greater Middle East

UN demands Turkey release international judge

The president of the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals demanded the release of a jurist seized by Turkish authorities in the sweeps following the coup attempt. 

Greater Middle East

Turkey: Kurdish opposition leaders arrested

Leading lawmakers with the leftist and Kuridish-led Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) were detained in police operations across Turkey, ostensibly as part of a terrorism investigation.

Greater Middle East

Syria: fall of Dabiq fails to spark apocalypse

Free Syrian Army forces backed by Turkish warplanes took the town of Dabiq from ISIS—failing to spark the apocalyptic battle that the "caliphate" had prophesied.