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Omar Kosh

 

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  • Turkey and the neutrality option

    Turkish politicians waited for several days before describing the events in Ukraine as a “state of war”, after first referring to it as the Russian invasion. Russia itself, meanwhile, refers to it as a “military operation”, in order to avoid the consequences, especially those related to the Montreux Convention,...

  • Why has Sisi threatened to intervene in Libya?

    Why did Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi threaten to intervene in Libya when it is unlikely that such a threat will be translated into military operations? It is unlikely despite the fact that he regards the city of Sirte and the Libyan air base at Al-Jufra as red lines...

  • Has the world heard the appeals of the Hama prison detainees?

    The suffering of those detained in the Assad regime’s prisons and camps has gone on for years without any international or Arab action to alleviate its atrocity and horror. Meanwhile, human rights organisations are content with recording and documenting some of the violations and crimes that Al-Assad’s regime still...

  • Has the conflict between Ankara and Washington come to an end?

    Turkey’s release of Reverend Andrew Brunson so that he can return to the US can be viewed as a step towards normalising Turkish-American relations. This could pave the way to ending an unprecedented period of tension and in the relations between the two historically allied countries. However, Brunson’s release has...

  • What changed after the Lebanese elections?

    Not many Lebanese people needed to wait for the results of the parliamentary elections to realise that Hezbollah triumph. They also did not need to wait for the results to know that their political and living conditions would not change and that the political faces and forces also wouldn’t...

  • Al-Waer agreement: Continuing the demographic change in Syria

    Despite the fact that the diplomatic field is witnessing negotiations and talks on the Astana and Geneva paths in order to find a political solution for the Syrian catastrophe, the facts on the ground indicate that the Syrian regime continues to practice the policy of forced expulsion in a...

  • Does 2017 hold a glimmer of hope for the Syrians?

    The year 2016 was a burden on the chests of Syrians. In fact, it was tragic and catastrophic for them as well, as the Assad regime committed increasingly grievous crimes and violations against the Syrians. In addition to this, Russian forces, the Iranian mullah’s zealot militias and the Syrian...

  • The new directions in Turkish foreign policy

    Both Israel and Turkey have recently announced a new agreement that would end the tense relationship between them. It was also reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin apologising for the incident in which Turkish forces brought down a Russian jet....