T he European Union (EU) and its member states have expressed their concerns over Turkey’s ongoing incursion into northeast Syria. With the military operation named Peace Spring[1], Turkey declared that it aims at eliminating…
T he United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on May 8, 2018, and the reinsertion of the US secondary sanctions on August 7, 2018, are not without writing the first…
T here is one issue that has preoccupied Europe since the outbreak of civil war in Syria in 2011: immigration. More than six million Syrians are internally displaced and five million have fled to…
[toggler title="By Kazem Wali" ]Kazem Wali is an Ahwazi freelance journalist and human rights activist based in London.[/toggler]
A fter re-imposing the first phase of American economic sanctions against Iran on 6th August, President Trump…
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T he Middle East situation on the ground is significantly different in comparison to a short while ago. There were times when Iran sought to become the leading hegemon in the…
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T he Iranian regime has two faces that it presents to the world. The first is…
B y removing internal border controls, countries party to the Schengen Agreement effectively abandoned a core element of state sovereignty in favor of freedom of movement. But they embarked on this federal project without building the…
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T hese days data from the Syrian regime leaked out, including lists of people wanted by the authorities. Names count over one million, including mine.
The lists include the names of the…
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T he state of the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Turkey is shocking. Since the failed coup, the Turkish government misuses the steadily prolonged state of emergency to…
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“For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no…