12.12.2016
Heavy fighting for the Syrian city of Palmyra has been ongoing for several days. The recapture of the city by ISIS is not ruled out.
02.01.2018
From the 28th of December onwards, Iran is the scene of protests which are comparable in size to those of 2009 during the so-called ‘green revolution...
31.10.2016
The first point that must be considered is the identity of the Kurds. The modern world features a complex model of understanding the differences...
24.01.2017
Today, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will rule whether Parliament or ministers have the power to begin the Brexit process.
In November of...
19.12.2017
Recently Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there is nothing like “moderate Islam” in Islam. This was a subtle rebuttal to Crown Prince...
20.03.2017
Christianity has absolutely vanished from the public sphere. But I think the main problem is spiritual, not political. The reason why we have all...
The Islamic Republic of Iran today hosts elections to the Majlis (parliament), the legislative branch of the country, as well as the Assembly of...
02.11.2022
Following the reports of the "protests" in Iran, we cannot help but wonder if the immediate participants in these violent riots really know what they...
19.02.2025
The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), was established in 1965 with the aim of opposing the...
30.08.2016
Russia needs to gently raise the issue of India’s encouragement of Pakistani Baloch separatism with New Delhi behind closed doors, seeing as how its...
13.01.2020
The geographical toponym Western Asia is used here instead of the colonial expression “Middle/Near East”, widely spread and used by everyone, as the...
18.10.2024
The historic turning-point that started the climb-down from 25 July 1945 occurred on 9 October 2024, by means of an event that was buried in the news...