Türkiye fears spillover effects of US-Iran war

Although Tehran is far from being an ally, Ankara fears regional spillover, economic disruption, and a Kurdish dimension as the US and Israel escalate their attacks

Omer Onhon

A Look in the Rear-View Mirror

[caption id="attachment_55244864" align="alignleft" width="620"] A visitor walks past a giant replica of a 10-dirham banknote dating back to the 1960s at the Numismatic Museum in the Moroccan capital…

Younes Hassar

Too Little, Too Late?

[caption id="attachment_55245164" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Libyan protester holds a gun during clashes between demonstrators and troops of the Libyan Shield Forces (LSF), following a…

Tasbeeh Herwees

The Best of Enemies

[caption id="attachment_55245176" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivers a speech during the International Ombudsman Symposium meeting in Ankara on…

Nicholas Birch

The Dead and the Disappeared

[caption id="attachment_55245160" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Yemeni protesters, one of them holding a picture of a martyr killed during last year's rebellion against president Ali Abdullah…

Abubakr Al-Shamahi

Obama's Gamble

[caption id="attachment_55245151" align="aligncenter" width="620"] President Barack Obama meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet room of the White House on September 3, 2013. (Dennis Brack…

Caryle Murphy

Who Watches the Watchers?

[caption id="attachment_55245131" align="alignnone" width="620"] A village guard holding his rifle on April 10, 2010, in the mountainous southeastern city of Siirt. Dressed in Turkish military…

Ali Gokpinar

Egypt’s Vicious Cycle

[caption id="attachment_55245119" align="alignnone" width="594"] An Egyptian whirling dervish spins in circles. (Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]Al-Thawra Mostamera. The Revolution Continues…

Ahmed Kadry

Rouhani Hangs Back on Syria

[caption id="attachment_55245104" align="alignnone" width="594"] Hassan Rouhani holds his first press conference on August 6, 2013 after taking office on August 4. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)[…

Christian Emery