Last year, Erdogan frustrated his allies by blocking Sweden and Finland's bids to join the alliance, which were prompted directly byRussia's invasion of Ukraine. Although Turkey lifted its block on Finland's accession last month,allowing the country to join, talks with Sweden fell through. Erdo...
However, Turkey has surprised its NATO allies by saying it would not view the Nordic neighbors' accession positively after President Tayyip Erdogan said the countries were "guesthouses for terrorist organizations." With any decision on NATO enlargement needing approval from all allies, ...
Besides Mashable, he has published with The Telegraph, The Times, The Independent and GlobalPost from such countries as Greece, Italy, Israel, Russia and Turkey, among others, as well as from aboard a search and rescue ship off the Libyan coast. Originally from rainy Portland, Oregon, he ...
The end of Assad's rule was a major blow to Iran and its allies, already weakened by conflict with Israel. Iran, which had strongly backed him throughout the civil war, said Syrians should decide their future "without destructive, coercive, foreign intervention." The Iranian Embassy in Damas...
doi:urn:uuid:49c54f575815c410VgnVCM100000d7c1a8c0RCRDFrequent visits to Latin America by high-ranking Russian officials and rumors of the sale of military aircraft have led widespread speculation about Moscow's increasing role in the region.Andrew O'ReillyFox News Latino...
In 2006 nato allies agreed to a target for defence spending of 2% of gdp, with 20% of that budget going on military equipment. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014, involving the annexation of Crimea and a separatist war in the Donbas, provided a jolt to meet the target: that ...
The hammer could fall as soon as January, though it is too soon to tell if Russia definitely plans to attack. Bloomberg reported that the U.S. has shared “intelligence including maps with European allies that shows a buildup of Russian troops and artillery to prepare for a rapid, large-...
The founders were later joined by Greece, Turkey, and Germany in the 1950s, and Spain in 1982, but many more countries signed up around the turn of the 21st century. Members agree to aid one and another in the case of an armed attack against any individual member sta...
Turkey and Persia are both profoundly alarmed and disturbed at the claims which are being made upon them and at the pressure being exerted by the Moscow Government. An attempt is being made by the Russians in Berlin to build up a quasi-Communist party in their zone of Occupied Germany by ...
Li, the terrorism expert, said Abdurrahman’s numbers are way too high, adding that he believes the number are about 300 Chinese fighters in Syria who brought with them about 700 family members.“As the control of the passage along the borders between Turkey and Syria is being tightened, ...