The Cradle According to Turkish sources, these unregistered flights between Iraq and Syria have been ongoing for the past two years The Prime Minister of the Kurdish government in northern Iraq’s Erbil region, Masrour Barzani, claimed during a gathering on 18 March that the unidentified helicopters, one of which crashed in Dohuk province on 15 March, had…
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What Kind of Hackers Will the USA Use in the Turkish Elections?
Valery Kulikov Everyone is now aware of the fact that the United States aggressively meddles in practically all political movements and elections that take place in different nations. In fact, the US publicly touts its “successes” in this area, making no secret of the fact. It is sufficient to read Scott Shane’s article in the New York…
Turkey Proposes Parallel Project: TANAP-2
Alexandr Svaranc With the breakthrough of energy links in the South Caucasus from 1994 to 2006, Turkey gained new favorable opportunities for oil and gas extraction and export to the world market (especially to EU countries). Azerbaijan was the first post-Soviet country to gain access to the western shores of the Caspian Sea. Over the…
Russia Coordinating Four-way Meeting with Turkish, Syrian, Iranian Officials
The Cradle Syrian officials remain adamant about participating in the meeting without first receiving guarantees from Turkiye to end its occupation of northern Syria Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on 21 March that the Kremlin is coordinating with Syria, Iran, and Turkiye on a date for a four-way meeting of their deputy foreign ministers. Bogdanov…
Peculiarities of the Turkish-Chinese Economic Cooperation
Alexandr Svaranc Today, almost every country in the world considers China to be an important foreign economic partner. And it’s only natural, given China’s level of scientific, technological, and industrial breakthrough at the turn of the century. In this regard, Turkish-Chinese foreign economic relations are understandable and consistent with Beijing’s target aspirations as part of…
US Terrorist Attack on Nord Stream Pipelines and Tectonic Weapons in Turkey
Valery Kulikov The United States’ use of terrorist methods to eliminate Russian gas competition by undermining the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea on September 26 and numerous well-founded suspicions about Washington’s possible use of tectonic weapons in the February earthquake in Turkey are among the most widely discussed topics in many nations today….
Russian-Turkish ‘Co-opetition’ from Syria to Nagorno-Karabakh
Yeghia Tashjian At a time when conflicts are increasingly interconnected, and provide tactical levers to assert pressure elsewhere, the competition between Russia-Iran and Turkiye in Syria and the South Caucasus is destined to overlap. Despite their robust diplomatic relations, Turkiye has been in direct competition with Russia and Iran in two major Asian conflict zones, Syria…
Russian Gas Hub in Turkey, a Profitable Reality
Alexandr Svaranc Given the high dependence of today’s energy-intensive economy on gas supplies, it can be argued that any proposals to optimize the transit and sale of the blue fuel are of high interest in world markets. Before the aggravation of Russian-Ukrainian relations, the European Union was the main buyer of Russian gas, with export…
President al-Assad in an Interview with Sputnik: My Visit to Moscow Will Pave the Way for a New Stage of Relations
16 March، 2023 Moscow, SANA President Bashar al-Assad stressed that his visit to Moscow and his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin will pave the way for new phase of the relations between the two countries. President al-Assad added in an interview with Russian Sputnik news agency on Thursday that the two sides agreed on…
Turkiye to Resume Normalization Talks with Syria This Week
The Cradle Defense Minister Hulusi Akar expressed hope that Syria would be understanding of its unwavering position regarding the Kurdish presence on its border Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said during a press conference on 12 March that Ankara intends to continue down the path of normalization with the Syrian government. However, he also expressed hope that…
Is There a Division in the Ranks of Turkey’s Opposition?
Alexandr Svaranc It is rather obvious that uniting the opposition in the elections of the head of state usually ends in failure. This fact is due to the contradictions in the programs of the opposition candidates and, of course, the maximalist approach of each of them in their desire to get into the office. This…
Seismic Diplomacy: Erdogan and the Aftermath of the Turkish Earthquakes
Pepe Escobar President Erdogan may be instrumentalizing what happens in the aftermath to craft his P.R. campaign ahead of the next elections. The setting: a cosy Ossetian restaurant owned by two Ossetian ladies close to Istiklal street, a very busy central area of Istanbul. The players: a smatter of Istanbul intelligentsia – academics, media, liberal…
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