Regional crises and tensions: the view from Ankara

From its growing defensive support for Saudi Arabia to its escalating tensions with Israel and Azerbaijan, Türkiye has much to navigate

Omer Onhon

The More They Stay The Same

[caption id="attachment_55242258" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Yemen's human rights minister, Huriya Mashour, answers journalists' questions. She joined youth activists who went on hunger strike…

Abubakr Al-Shamahi

New Faces, But No Changes

[caption id="attachment_55242249" align="aligncenter" width="620"] US president Barack Obama (2nd L), former aide Samantha Power (R), US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (2nd R) and…

Caryle Murphy

Glorified Middlemen

[caption id="attachment_55242224" align="alignnone" width="620"] Acting president of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) George Sabra (2nd-R) attends a press conference at the end of the SNC meeting…

Malik al-Abdeh

Iran's Choice

[caption id="attachment_55242206" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranians sit next to electoral posters of Hassan Rouhani (L) and Mohsen Rezaei (C) in the religious city of Qom, some 80 miles south…

Arash Aramesh

Limited Options

[caption id="attachment_55242153" align="alignnone" width="620"] Female supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili hold up his posters during a campaign rally on May 24, 2013 in Tehran…

David Patrikarakos

Three Against One

[caption id="attachment_55242147" align="alignnone" width="620"] Illustration showing leaders of the Continental Congress, from left to right, John Adams, Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton, and…

Alex Edwards

Reviving the Maghreb Union

[caption id="attachment_55242109" align="alignnone" width="620"] Libyan Interior Minister Ashour Shuail arrives at the Moroccan Ministry of Interior before the Arab Maghreb Union meeting in Rabat on…

Younes Hassar

Time and Tide Wait for No Man

[caption id="attachment_55242028" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, Marines assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice boarding and…

James Spencer

Qaradawi’s Blunder

[caption id="attachment_55242060" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi joins the crowds on Tahrir square in Cairo on February 18, 2011. MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] …

Tam Hussein