It’s been a very bad year so far Iranian economic problems have led to more public protests by a larger variety of dissatisfied groups, including teachers, pensioners and essential oil industry workers In 2019, when the protests revived and were
Alliances are shifting in Syria as Iran and Turkey try taking advantage of fewer Russian forces (because of the war in Ukraine) Turkey wants an opportunity to invade northern Syria, destroy the Kurdish SDF, and pacify enough territory on the Syrian sid
The killing of Iranian Col. Hassan Khodaei outside his Tehran home signaled a major shift in Israel s strategy toward Iran. The Jewish state s apparently considerable efforts on Iranian soil had formerly been directed at the Iranian nuclear program. But
Turkish President Erdogan is once again frustrating his NATO allies and playing obstructionist This time he is opposing the bids by Finland and Sweden to join NATO To join NATO requires the approval of all NATO nations It is a consensus-run alliance