Iran and state-sponsored terrorism

Since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the government of Iran has been accused by several countries of training, financing, and providing weapons and safe havens for non-state militant actors, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas…

Iran is an evil state that threatens everyone

Talk during the past two decades about Iran’s plan to control the region and threaten the sovereignty of all its states has not been just an exaggeration inspired by the repetitive crises involving Tehran. The…

Turkey is now a haven for terrorists and…

On Monday, four children of an American and his Israeli wife killed by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in 2015 filed suit against Turkey’s Kuveyt Turk Bank in a New York court. They charge that…

South African Airways cancels flights as financial woes…

South African Airways financial crisis deepens, forcing the airline to cancel several local and international flights Tuesday. Eight more flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town will be cut this week. Twenty between Johannesburg and Durban,…

How terrorism helps Iran

The U.S. drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani , the head of the paramilitary Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), highlighted the centrality of support for terrorist, insurgent and other…

What Makes Libya A Perfect Place for Terrorists…

At this year's Security Conference in Munich , the European Union's High Representative Federica Mogherini named Ukraine and Libya as her top priorities. She explained, "In Libya there is the perfect mix ready to explode…

Turkey’s Anti-terrorism Law Tramples On Human Rights

On December 3rd, demonstrations were held in Istanbul and 40 provinces of Turkey, protesting lengthy pre-trial detentions, mass custodies and arrests, and called for the abolishment of Turkey’s draconian anti-terrorist law. In Istanbul alone, some…

Iran’s supreme leader faces public wrath

In his more than three decades in charge of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has battled to consolidate power at home and expand the regime’s influence across the region. But the 80-year-old…

Erdogan isolated over Libya plans both in Turkey…

The Turkish government has taken steps to speed up the deployment of troops to Libya to help the U.N.-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) against a renewed offensive ont the besieged capital by General Khalifa…

6 things that show how bad a country…

The United States reinstated economic sanctions on Iran after President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear deal in May 2018. Mr Trump says he wants to apply "maximum pressure" on the government in Tehran to…

Iran remains top terror sponsor as global attacks…

Iran remains the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, according to an annual State Department report that pointed to ISIS as the primary non-state threat to US interests and allies. Terrorism around the world declined…

What is the worst thing about living in…

A popular influencer recounts his Turkish experience. Read below; I must say before I went to Istanbul, my expectations were quite different to the real life after arrived and been living for two months in…

Iran’s only female Olympic medallist defects to Europe

Amid the on-going anti-governmental protests in cities across Iran and international pressure after Iran admitted it had accidentally shot down a Ukrainian flight, killing all 176 people aboard, Iran’s only female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh…

Trump issues warning to Iran: ‘Do not kill…

President Trump issued a stark warning Sunday to Iran as leaders in Tehran gear up to deal with protesters who took to the streets after the government admitted to accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian passenger…