Turkey

While Trump Berates Portland Looters, the US Gov’t Continues to Plunder Syria with Impunity

The United States and Turkey have been plundering Syrian infrastructure for years. Beginning in late 2012 and continuing through 2013, some 300 industrial factories were dismantled and taken to Turkey from Aleppo, the industrial capital of Syria. “Machinery and goods were loaded on trucks and carried off to Turkey through the Cilvegozu and Ceylanpinar crossings.

Eastern Mediterranean: distinct borders are needed

Submitted by Marco Maier…
The conflict over maritime borders is escalating, not only in the South China Sea. The fuse is also burning in the eastern Mediterranean.
There are international rules, such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which has now been ratified by 60 countries. This convention is actually intended to regulate territorial disputes in the oceans. But in the comparatively narrow conditions in the eastern Mediterranean, there are many problems in this regard.

Anti-Turkey alliance emerging in the Arab World

The intended target of the UAE-Israel alliance is not Iran but Turkey, whose regional clout poses a threat to Gulf rulers, says David Hearst, the editor in chief of Middle East Eye. In an article titled – A new message resounds in the Arab world: Get Ankara – Hearst wrote Saturday: Israel had been saying for some time to Arab diplomats[Read More...]