Tag: Turkey

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. 2,000 Egyptian troops take on al-Qaeda in the Sinai Flames rise over gas pipeline targeted by Bedouin militants When Egypt’s pro-democracy protests began in January, they were relatively peaceful in Cairo, but the one

The U.S. State Dept. has called “abhorrent and repulsive” the massive new military assault by the army and navy of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad on the port city of Latikia, according VOA. Latakia’s Ramleh district is pummeled with tank, gunboat

Avian Cloaca: Bousquet’s Sharia Metaphor Foxman: Avian-Brained on Sharia Abraham Foxman’s latest uninformed rant, “Shout down the Sharia myth makers,” re-affirms his nonpareil status as the most blindly agenda-driven and distressingly stupid organizational Jewish “leader.” The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)’s Foxman

Bernard Lewis: What Went Wrong? This summer’s Claremont Review of Books contains a featured review essay by Robert R. Reillyi which discusses Bernard Lewis’s essay collection “Faith and Power,” ii and the nonagenarian historian’s reflections upon the so-called Arab Spring

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Seven people killed by two female suicide bombers in Peshawar, Pakistan Police van affected by bomb blast At least seven persons including four police personnel and a child were killed and more than 20

For the first time during Assad’s assault on his own people, his neighbors and historical allies are calling for him to step down. Most notably was Turkey’s decision to go public by asking Assad to step down so that his

If this report is true, to say that Syrian President Assad was less than pleased with his Defense Minister, Ali Habib, would be an understatement. Less than 24 hours after Syrian Defense Minister Ali Habib was fired – he has

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. I apologize to my readers that I’ve been flat out busy and am getting way behind on answering my e-mail. If something is urgent, please indicate so in the subject line, or you might

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syrian armored forces move on to flatten Deir Ezzor Syrian protesters run from tear gas canisters in Homs (Reuters) Things appear to be moving quickly with respect to the situation in Syria, as threats

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Turkey says that ‘patience is running out’ over Syria’s savagery Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (Zaman) For months, there’s been talk that Turkey might invade Syria to create a “buffer zone” on Syrian soil

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Standard & Poors downgrades U.S. debt from AAA to AA+ Standard & Poors The S&P ratings service downgraded U.S. debt from AAA to AA+ late on Friday. The outlook is “negative,” meaning that further

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has explained repeatedly over the years that Israel has no Palestinian partner to negotiate with. So news reports this week that Netanyahu agreed that the 1949 armistice lines, (commonly misrepresented as the 1967 borders), will be

Syrian President Bashar Assad has been straddling the fence since his regime and long time family rule came under threat in March. First, he sought to quell the public dissenters with good old fashioned Arab force. When the protesters proved

Battle lines are being drawn across the Middle East. On one side sit the forces of stability, with Saudi Arabia at the helm. On the other sit the forces of revolution, with Iran prominent in leadership. The alliances they lead

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. China could defeat U.S. in war over Taiwan China’s DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile A new report by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense concludes that China already can defeat both Taiwan and the U.S. in

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Resignation of Turkey’s military commanders signals major social changes Recep Tayyip Erdogan Following the mass resignation of senior military officers that we reported yesterday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Mass resignation of Turkey’s senior military commanders put government in crisis U.S. Gen. David Petraeus (now the designated CIA chief) poses with Turkey’s Chief of Staff, Gen. Isik Kosaner, on July 18, 2011 (AP)

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Taiwan’s fighters intercept Chinese jets pursuing U.S. reconnaissance plane Gen Chen Bingde, China’s chief military officer Taiwan sent two F-16 fighters to intercept Chinese Sukhoi-27 jets purusing a U.S. reconnaissance plane into Taiwanese airspace

Saying that Israel faces daunting challenges today and that those challenges will multiply and grow in the near future should not be construed as a partisan or ideological statement. Rather, it is a statement of fact. It is also a

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Merkel and Sarkozy agree on plan for Greece after seven hours Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, Europe’s odd couple, in Berlin Wednesday After seven hours of talks that ran late into Wednesday night between

The “National Salvation Congress,” a Saturday meeting of representatives of the opposition to the regime of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, failed to form a shadow government, because of factional differences. Unidentified Syrian opposition activists chatting in Istanbul on Saturday Friday

As was reported in the news last week, Otto, the “last of the Habsburgs”, the son of the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, died recently at the age of 98. Our Austrian correspondent AMT sends this reflection on the ecumenical sentiments