For Iran's own best interests, its contentious leaders would be well advised to tone down their anti-Israeli threats and find a diplomatic solution to its suspected nuclear weapons program.
AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
ANKARA, Turkey — Prosecutors on Monday charged 86 nationalists, including former army officers and a best-selling writer, of plotting to overthr...
AP | SUZAN FRASER and SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish authorities captured a gunman Thursday wanted in the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate after rounding up suspects w...
Harut Sassounian | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
Turkey is not qualified to serve on the U.N. Security Council, as it is a major violator of human rights and a threat to the peace and security of neighboring states. Its vote-buying efforts should be exposed.
Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
Islam, contrary to what many Americans think, is as culturally variable and politically pluralistic as Christianity. What's happening in Libya and Turkey right now are important examples of this.
Harut Sassounian | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics
The Turkish government has a scandal on its hands, thanks to the reckless behavior of its ambassador in Washington, who clearly violated the academic freedom of a prominent American scholar.
Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 05.27.2008 | Home
The Turkish national working in Saudi Arabia allegedly insulted God in an argument outside his shop. A Saudi blogger who reported the incident received a prison sentence and a fine.
Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
Two important stories have emerged last week from the Middle East, and for a change, both had to do with peace.
Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
Last month, a lot was made in the media about Israel's mysterious air raid in Northern Syria on Sept 6, 2007 when the news broke that the CIA has conf...
AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
JERUSALEM — Israel and Syria unexpectedly announced Wednesday the resumption of peace talks after an eight-year break, saying they have been spe...
Steve Clemons | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
A source reported to me yesterday that in the last two weeks, Cheney held forth at a meeting on Iraq WMDs and insisted that they were real and still out there.
AP | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish warplanes hit an area in northern Iraq where a group of Kurdish rebels was trying to infiltrate Turkey, the military ...
David Fiderer | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business
Iran is open for business, and western countries are lining up to secure resources for their energy security.
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
Can you explain to me why thoughtful people, including several renowned public intellectuals, oppose the right of women to choose to wear headscarves -- on campuses out of all places?
Joe Lauria | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics
The real hypocrisy is American morality that says taking part in an activity that is legal in dozens of countries is deemed a more serious offense than launching an illegal war.
Bruce Fein | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics
The Obama-Clinton pandering to the Armenian lobby betrays the signature Washington habit of making promises now and thinking about them later.
AP | C. ONUR ANT | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkey launched airstrikes on Kurdish separatist rebels in northern Iraq less than a week after the end of a large-scale grou...
AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
ANKARA, Turkey — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that Turkey should remove its troops from northern Iraq in the next few days, sen...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
While everyone else is having fun determining who "won" or "lost" the Democratic debate last night, I would like to revisit an important topic: Iraq. ...
MSNBC | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics
Turkey's military said Sunday that one of its helicopters went down on the Turkish-Iraqi border and that eight more soldiers were killed in combat dur...
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.23.2008 | Politics
Then why are we arming the Turks? The irony is: Turkey, ---- the only nation which is willing to commit significant troops in Iraq ---- sent 10,000...
AFP | Posted 02.23.2008 | Politics
Turkish troops pressed a major ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in neighbouring Iraq for a third day Saturday as Ankara said dozens of rebels a...
UPI | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
The Turkish military said it is setting the ground work for a large-scale ground invasion into northern Iraq targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party. ...
NY Times | Sabrina Tavernise | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics
Turkish fighter jets bombed targets in northern Iraq on Monday, the Turkish military said, the fifth major strike against Kurdish rebels this year. I...
Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
My good friend Phil Giraldi has written a piece for the American Conservative about the Sibel Edmonds case. Below are some of the snips from his story...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news...
There is one more John McCain gaffe that...
As we have observed throughout the last several years,...
In a flagrant political act, the State Department has...
**UPDATE 7/25** ThinkProgress now reports that the bar...
** Update below: Nas delivers Fox petition to Stephen...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics