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Erdogan's Turkey: The NATO Member That Sponsors Terrorism

For years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been playing a sleazy double game: presenting himself to the West as a regional mediator and responsible NATO ally while simultaneously transforming Turkey into a sanctuary for Hamas terrorists outside the Gaza Strip
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A Century Of Conflict In The Middle East

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: The year 1916 is a unique combination of two numbers 19 & 16 –i.e. both are with the digit 1 followed by the numerals 9 & 6 –which appears as if they (9&6) were rotated mirror images of each other. Now the year 1916 was also during the midst of the First World War and was probably the year in which the Modern Middle East as we know it today began to take shape.
 
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The Informal Sector: The Achilles Heel Of Malaysia's Economy

BANGKOK, Thailand: When the new health minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad last evening called a press conference, many Malaysians were not worried about the threat of Covid-19, but scared MCOs would be reintroduced, once again devastating the livelihoods of many within the informal sector, that led to the ‘white flag movement’ in 2020/21.
 
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Why Are Islamists Claiming Non-Muslim Land?

NEW YORK, US: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan keeps increasingly referring to places outside Turkey as "our lands." In his statement following the presidential cabinet meeting on November 20, Erdogan said:
 
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The U.S., China, And Great Power Competition In The Middle East

WASHINGTON, U.S.--It’s official. The Biden administration agrees with the Trump administration that almost everything that happens in world affairs can be explained by two interlocking zero-sum contests. One is geopolitical, as in ‘great power rivalry.’  The other is ideological, as in ‘democracy vs. authoritarianism.’

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Tackling Malaysia’s Dirty Money

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--A year ago, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and 150 media partners around the globe began rolling out the Pandora Papers, a world-rocking exposé that’s been called “a money bomb with political ripples”, and “a financial earthquake”.

 
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Turkey: NATO's Pro-Putin Ally


NEW YORK, U.S.--Turkey's "balancing act" during the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the result of the country's Islamist leader's two-decade long indoctrination of a generation of Turks to make them "pious." 
 
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Is Saudi Buying Its Way Out Of Justice For Khashoggi Murder?

WASHINGTON, U.S.--President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has decided to sacrifice Turkish efforts to seek justice for the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, apparently in hopes of attracting Saudi financial support and investment for Turkey’s inflation-ravaged economy.

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Turkey: Occupies Northern Cyprus, Goes for the Rest

NEW YORK, U.S.--Aggression by Turkey's military appears to be on the rise in Cyprus -- in areas it does not yet occupy. According to the Cypriot media, on February 8, Turkish soldiers approached Greek Cypriot farmers working in fields near the village of Denia in the United Nations "Buffer Zone," and threatened to kill them if they did not leave.

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