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Turkey seeks full use of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in new energy pact with Iraq
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is pressing for full-scale utilisation of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline as a key condition in a...
Turkey deepens ties with Libya’s east as maritime deal edges closer to full ratification
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Saddam Hifter, commander of Libya’s eastern ground forces and son of Khalifa Hifter, made his second visit...
Belgian defense minister hails Turkey as “wise and strong” NATO ally
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Belgium’s Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade, Teo Francken, has described the Turkish regime as a “wise...
Erdoğan hails ‘new page in history’ as Kurdish militants begin disarmament
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared the beginning of a new era as militants from the outlawed...
Cairo urges U.S. to block Turkey-Libya maritime deal amid rising Eastern Mediterranean tensions
CAIRO (Realist English). Egypt has asked the United States to intervene and prevent Libya’s eastern parliament from ratifying a controversial...
Turkey and Qatar reshape Syria’s future as Trump pivots away from US intervention
DAMASCUS (Realist English). Turkey and Qatar have become pivotal players in President Donald Trump’s redefined Middle East, taking the lead...
Greece seeks Egypt’s help to block possible Libya-Turkey maritime deal
ATHENS (Realist English). Greece is expected to urge Egypt to intervene diplomatically in a bid to dissuade eastern Libya, controlled...
Turkey finds new route to pay for Russian gas as U.S. sanctions waiver expires
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey has secured a workaround to continue paying for its multi-billion-dollar natural gas imports from Russia, following...
Eduard Polatov: The genocide of the Greeks in Turkey is one of the dark pages in the history of the Turkish people
YEREVAN (Realist English). 32 years have passed since the Phoenix Greek Society of Armenia, renamed to the Patrida organization, appealed...
Bolton: Putin “clearly won” Alaska summit while Trump left with little to show
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former US national security adviser John Bolton said Russian President Vladimir Putin “clearly won” last week’s Alaska...
Putin: Ukraine settlement must address root causes, Russia ready to work with Trump
ANCHORAGE (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin described his summit with US President Donald Trump in Alaska as “constructive and...
Trump and Putin summit ends without Ukraine breakthrough
ANCHORAGE (Realist English). The long-awaited summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded Friday without an...
Iran warns US-backed Zangezur corridor deal between Baku and Yerevan could destabilize South Caucasus
TEHRAN (Realist English). The political deputy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Yadollah Javani, sharply criticized the recent US-brokered agreement...
Peace with Baku–Turkish occupiers is an illusion
YEREVAN (Realist English). No piece of paper and no external guarantees will ensure peace between Armenia and the Baku–Turkish occupiers,...
“Russia is with you”: Moscow sends humanitarian aid to refugees from Artsakh
STEPANAKERT (Realist English). As part of the “Russia is with you” initiative, a decision has been made to deliver humanitarian...
More than protection: Inside the hidden power of Russia’s FSO
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Federal Protective Service of Russia (FSO) is surrounded by even more legends than the Federal Security...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
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