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Yassin al-Haj Saleh — How regional and global powers, internal colonialism and Salafi-jihadist subterfuge converged to short-circuit the Syrian struggle against despotism.

Syrians in the country say they are being mistreated by police officers, who have been conducting increased document checks after the May presidential election

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Today's diplomatic minefield presents myriad challenges that Fidan is uniquely qualified to navigate

Turkey remains a highly polarised country, with almost half of the country voting for Erdogan, and the other half voting against him.

Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won the elections in Türkiye. Again. In power for two …

The key question following the vote is whether the alliance between the HDP and the main opposition Republican People’s Party and its Table of Six partners can endure.

As some Lebanese were busy publicly outbidding one another: There are two million Syrians in Lebanon, even three million, and in some popular talk, there are four... We saw the emergence of figures that aroused envy put forward by some Turks: There are ten million Syrians in Türkiye, Erdogan’s presidential rival Kilicdaroglu claimed. “Zaffar Party” chief Umit Ozdag raised the figure even higher: actually, there are 13 million.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

The Turkish opposition was defeated in the run-off, with candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu failing to unseat long-time ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who will rule the country for another five years. But the president is hardly the winner. By Ayse Karabat