For years, European officials viewed Turkey’s growing defense industry as an important asset. Turkish drones proved effective in conflicts from Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine. Ankara marketed itself as a NATO ally capable of covering gaps in Europe’s deteriorating defense-industrial base. Now, as the European Union (EU) scrambles to rearm …

Some commentators have said the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will be “insignificant,” but Graham Allison disagrees. In a world in which President Donald Trump is the producer of a 24/7 reality TV show, on the one hand, and president of the most powerful nation in the real …

In today’s summary: In the Kubyan direction, the Russian military announced the capture of Borovoy with the help of a falsified video In the Liman direction, Valery Gerasimov “established control” over 85% of the urban development of Liman In the southern Donetsk direction, the command of the Armed Forces of …

To get international billions to rebuild after the war, Palestine needs a legitimate and conciliatory power. The municipal elections that took place for the first time in many years have shown that moderate FATA candidates could win over Hamas, which has peacefully acknowledged the loss of control of the local …

The overarching one is that Sarmat deters a NATO invasion of Russia. Russia recently tested its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (known as Satan II by NATO), which can carry several nuclear-armed hypersonic glide vehicles for penetrating all missile defense systems, in a move that Putin described as ensuring his country’s …

Mazloum Abdi, the General Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said that while the military aspects of the integration agreement with the Syrian government are moving forward, key civilian files — including the judiciary, education, and the return of displaced residents — continue to face significant complications. In an …

The diplomatic activity surrounding Damascus can no longer be dismissed as protocol visits or courtesy messages in the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s fall. From the side conversation that brought together Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in Cyprus, to Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani’s visit to …

The Islamic State (ISIS)—a violent extremist organization responsible for widespread atrocities—announced on Tuesday that it carried out the attack targeting a bus transporting Syrian army soldiers in Hassakeh province. The ISIS-linked Amaq News Agency reported that the ambush resulted in deaths and injuries among Syrian government forces. According to the …

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Revealingly, while Belgium’s Press Ethics Council did not trust readers with Vance’s speech on the factual lack of freedom of speech in Europe, the Belgian courts had no issues with a magazine column that incited violence against Belgian Jews. On one hand, the public cannot be trusted with information that …