Tag: Turkey

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday in a speech to Arab ambassadors that the rectification of the world will come when Israel is annihilated.  In 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini established “Qods Day” (Jerusalem Day) and this year Ahmadinejad used the event

Reuters is reporting that President Obama has signed a “secret order” authorizing “U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.” The order allows the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies to join the fray and take part in his

There seems to be a lack of clarity in the foreign policy apparatus of the Obama administration. As a result, the U.S. is officially funding the Syrian opposition via the Free Syrian Army, expecting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to either vacate the

Those journalists and critics knocking Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney for his statements praising Israeli culture betray their fundamental ignorance about Israel and what has made it a successful country. They have–deliberately, and at the urging of Palestinian propagandists–made up

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: ECB plans to save the euro exacerbates Europe’s North/South fault line Greece and European officials fail to reach agreement Greece closes border with Turkey over Syrian refugees Postal Service expected to go into default

(AP) Syrian regime claims gains in Aleppo, rebels denyBy PAUL SCHEMMAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian government forces mounted new ground attacks against rebel-controlled neighborhoods in Syria’s commercial hub of Aleppo, the state media said Monday, but failed to dislodge the opposition from their

According to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s days in office are numbered. On Thursday Erdogan claimed Assad “and his inner circle” were on their way out, and their departure “would usher in a new era.”    But

(AP) UN worries showdown in Aleppo could be imminentBy JOHN HEILPRIN and BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressGENEVAA showdown between government troops and opposition forces in Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, is “imminent,” the U.N.’s human rights office said Friday, as the Red Cross

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Learning life’s lessons Turkey’s Erdogan meets with Hamas leader in surprise visit Syria’s chemical weapons threat causes world condemnation New virus has Iran’s nuclear plants playing AC/DC rock music China blames the U.S. for

(AP) Syrian rebels say fight for Aleppo has begunBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian rebels have launched an offensive to “liberate” the country’s largest city of Aleppo, an opposition commander said Sunday, while in Damascus government troops backed by helicopter gunships wrested

Adam Smith, Democratic representative from Washington State’s 9th district, thinks you should be afraid of a “Romney-Cheney” foreign policy doctrine and took about 900 words on ForeignPolicy.com to tell us all why.  Here is Smith’s opening paragraph. A large majority

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Bombing in Damascus Syria kills much of Assad’s inner circle Another Syrian general, more army officers defect to Turkey Damascus bombing strikes stunning blow at al-Assad’s Sunni Arab extermination program David Bloom at HSBC

(AP) Syrian rebels say they carried out Damascus attackBEIRUTSyria’s rebel commander says his forces carried out an attack in Damascus that killed the defense minister and other regime officials. But he denies it was a suicide bombing. Riad al-Asaad said

The Pentagon is building a missile defense radar station at a covert location in Qatar, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The site will be part of a system intended to defend the interests of the United States and its

Hillary Clinton, in Alexandria to assert that the United States is even-handed in its approach to the warring parties in Egypt, was met by anti-Islamist protestors chanting “Monica, Monica.” The protestors suspect Clinton and Barack Obama of being Islamist sympathizers,

In the earliest years of the 21st century, the Oil-For-Food Program (OFF) for Iraq demonstrated the weaknesses associated with using such methods to deal with tyrants like Saddam Hussein. And by the time of Hussein’s capture and death, we knew

How much does Barack Obama hate Israel and want to throw her under the bus? Here’s how much; the Obama administration not only excluded Israel from a new counterterrorism forum in Spain, it didn’t even mention Israel in its remarks.

If there was hope for reconciliation between opposition forces in Syria and the Bashar al-Assad regime, it is fading fast. Major General Manaf Tlas, ostensibly the one person who could have bridged the gap, has fled to Turkey, saying the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. In blow to Assad, top-level Syrian army general defects to Turkey Iran’s government embarrassed by poll on nuclear enrichment Massive food crisis is growing in Africa’s Sahel region Philippines goes on spending spree for

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hong Kong’s growing hostility to mainland China evident from Hu Jintao’s visit NATO chief OKs Turkey’s military buildup on Syria’s border, amid military defections Russia’s foreign minister ‘delighted’ at failure of Syria crisis talks

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Al-Qaeda linked terrorists destroy historic shrines in Timbuktu, Mali Turkey angrily denies WSJ report on Syria’s attack on Turkish jet Turkey suspends dialog with EU as presidency passes to Greek Cyprus Turkey scrambles jets

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Tensions escalate as Turkey’s army masses on the border with Syria Barclays Bank and the cockroach problem UK Finance Minister speaks to House of Commons about Barclays Euro crisis summit splits along north/south lines

The ascent of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has destroyed the self-delusions of the mainstream media and the liberal foreign policy establishment. Martin Kramer has been compiling some of the most ridiculous predictions (e.g. Tom Friedman of the New York

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Turkey’s army on red alert, threatening retaliation against Syria Assad says that Syria is in a ‘real war’ Egan-Jones Ratings downgrades German debt another notch China’s economic slowdown deeper than expected Turkey’s army on