WASHINGTON (Middle East Forum Observer) — On December 22, 2024, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rallied a crowd of his Islamist supporters in Mardin, not far from the Syrian border.[...]
The Assad family, father and son, dominated Syria for more than a half century. The last 13 years in Syria were chaotic, but diplomats from both the moderate Arab camp[...]
That Armenia 2024 is not Armenia 2014 is obvious to all Armenians and most observers of world affairs. Ironically, it is a reality which continues to elude many think tankers[...]
Next month, dozens of heads of state, hundreds of diplomats, and thousands of activists will gather in Baku, Azerbaijan for the 29th annual UN climate change conference. The UN rotates[...]
Speaking at Italy’s Cernobbio Forum on September 6, 2024, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev justified Azerbaijan’s conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh. “We fully restored our sovereignty last year, and separatism was eliminated from[...]
Just over a century ago, Turkey and the Soviet Union signed the Treaty of Moscow. The agreement fixed the border and formalized relations between the two countries. Shortly after, the[...]
After the exposure of Azerbaijan’s hand in the May 2024 New Caledonia protests, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev doubled down, promising to sponsor separatism among other French territories across the globe.[...]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has doubled down on Azerbaijani support for separatist protests in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory with a land area more than three times the size[...]
By Michael Rubin President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan all declared, “diplomacy is back” as they prepared to take office. Their implication:[...]
After he took office, President Joe Biden declared, “Diplomacy is back.” Top aides Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan repeated the mantra. Their implication? The Trump era’s[...]
The year 2023 marked perhaps the worst year for Armenians since the Genocide of more than a century ago. Azerbaijanis backed by Turkish Special Forces and utilizing Israeli drones attacked[...]
