Early last week, Iraqi officials announced that an airstrike had killed a commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as he entered Syria from Iraq on November 29 with a consignment of…

In recent weeks, the Turkish government has courted international condemnation for its handling of the country's unique cultural heritage. In early July, rising waters from a new dam flooded the…

Turkish troops invaded northern Syria after President Trump moved U.S. forces out of their way. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says he wantsto create a “safe zone”for Syrian refugees - not…

President Donald Trump surprised friends and adversaries alike this week by announcing that the U.S. would be withdrawing the roughly 2,000 troops deployed in northeastern Syria as part of the…

Last month,the United Stateswithdrew from a landmark missile treaty withRussia. Another crucial arms control treaty, the New START agreement, is set to expire in early 2021.Chinaand several other…

Recep Tayyip Erdoganis the most baffling politician to emerge in the 96-year history ofTurkey. He is polarizing and popular, autocratic and fatherly, calculating and listless. Erdogan’s ideology…

Turkish news outlets have recently reported that Turkey is in the midst of establishing a new military base in Qatar, which is allegedly set to begin operations next autumn. Thus far, neither Turkish…

by Ali Almandalawi Ali Babacan was born in Ankara in 1967. He graduated first in the Class of 1985 from Ankara College. In 1989, he…