US-TURKEY: Armenian Genocide Vote Threatens Ties at Key Moment
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Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON, Mar 5 (IPS) – Thursday’s vote by a Congressional committee condemning the deaths of up to 1.5 million Armenians during World War I as ”genocide” is almost certain to complicate U.S. ties with Turkey, a long-time strategic ally and increasingly influential player in the Middle East [...]
IRAN: ‘We Won’t Send Our Uranium Abroad, Bring Yours Here’
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BY FAREED MAHDY*
IDN-InDepthNews Service
ISTANBUL (IDN) – Turkish diplomacy had to dive into the Western-Iranian troubled waters, in view of Western powers’ dissatisfaction with a new Tehran proposal on ways how to implement its latest draft agreement with them.
In fact, Turkish Foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu flew to [...]
TURKEY: Re-Writing The Middle East?
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BY FAREED MAHDY*
IDN-InDepthNews Service
ISTANBUL (IDN) – In a record time, Turkish diplomacy has managed to put together several pieces in its Middle East puzzle — in fact it has struck strategic deals with three key regional players: Iran, Iraq, and Syria. A new ’quartet’ has been formed. The [...]
MIDEAST: Turkey-Israel Rift Good for Palestine
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Analysis by Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, Oct 14 (IPS) – Turkey’s cooling relationship with Israel comes in tandem with its improving relations with the Arab and Muslim world, and this development is expected to impact positively on Palestinian politics.
"The Turks appear to be implementing a major policy shift in [...]
MIDEAST: Cold Turkey Could Change Political Balance
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Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
JERUSALEM, Oct 13 (IPS) – It’s long been among the most durable, strategic relationships in the Near East – perhaps because it was the most unlikely.
For decades, the two regional superpowers, Turkey and Israel, have quietly stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the common [...]
