Through its assertive Neo-Ottomanist policies Ankara aims to become the primary architect of Syria’s future while countering rival powers like Iran and Russia.

Iran-Israel war: Iran and Israel have been at loggerheads ... However, according to a senior analyst, Turkey could prove to be a bigger threat for Israel than Iran or any other regional rival ...

Assad’s final ouster appeared abrupt, it had its roots in Syria’s 2011 antigovernment protests, and Syrians will now face ...

Although Erdogan might deplore the effect on Turkey ... inside Iran’s extremist Shi’ite regime. The Treaty of Sevres, marking the fall of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, stipulated ...

Iran will respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked, which would lead to an "all-out war in the region ... 2421 * Extension 4 Jerusalem Post or 03-7619056 Fax: 03 ...

Under the terms of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal , fighting will be halted in Gaza for at least six weeks. Dozens ...

After 15 months, the Israel-Hamas war that decimated the Gaza Strip and destabilized the Middle East has come to a ceasefire ...

The defence expenditure as a percentage of GDP and national expenditure has been falling in recent years. Considering the ...

or Turkey. Yet in a matter of months, the edifice of Iranian influence has come crashing down. Iran is weaker and more vulnerable than it has been in decades, likely since its decadelong war with Iraq ...

For decades, the defining conflict in the region was a “cold war” between Iran ... the Abraham Accords. Now, Iran is redirecting its focus to counter Turkey’s rise. Recent rapprochements ...

Syria’s interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year ...