Turkey
Barrack meets SDF leader after giving Damascus ‘green light’ to attack...
Syrian forces have released ISIS prisoners from SDF jails and continue to attack the Kobani countryside
The Cradle
JAN 22, 2026
US Special Envoy for Syria Tom...
Now Iran’s turn. The spectre of a new “1989”
Iran is now the key to the world situation
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Dec 2024
In my previous article on Syria I argued that there is a "Damascus-Tehran...
Erdoğan silent on Maduro operation due to fear of Trump, opposition...
January 3, 2026
Turkey’s main opposition leader Özgür Özel accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday of staying silent out of fear after President Donald...
Hundreds of thousands march in Istanbul in solidarity with Gaza
Demonstrators in Turkiye demand global pressure on Israel, calling the so-called ceasefire ‘a slow-motion genocide’ against Palestinians.
By Elis Gjevori
1 Jan 2026
Hundreds of thousands of...
The Voice of the Struggling Turkish Cypriots
An interview with Turkish Cypriot activist Öz Karahan by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos for DefendDemocracy.Press and Militaire.Gr
In July 1974, the CIA-installed military junta in Athens carried...
21 Arab, Islamic, African countries condemn, reject Israeli recognition of Somaliland
Dec 28, 2025
Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somali territory threatens peace, security in Horn of Africa, countries say in joint statement
ISTANBUL
Representatives of 21 Arab, Islamic,...
Trump To Appoint US General To Lead Gaza ‘International Stabilization Force’
It's unclear if the international force will materialize, as countries are hesitant to participate
Dec 11, 2025
President Trump is planning to appoint a two-star US...
New CIA base in the occupied part of Cyprus
CIA and Turkey's MIT planning secret air base to monitor the Middle East
To keep a closer eye on the Middle East, the US and...
Who Is Ready To Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far,...
by Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J. S. Davies**
Nov 24, 2025
On November 17th, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to endorse President Trump’s plan for Gaza,...
WAS THE 1974 INVASION OF CYPRUS CULTURAL GENOCIDE?
William Mallinson*
Athens, 26 October 2025
Introduction
In 1948, the United Nations defined genocide as any of five ‘acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or...