The Valdai meeting: Where West Asia meets multipolarity

At Russia's Valdai Club meeting - the east's answer to Davos - intellectuals and influencers gathered to frame West Asia's current and future developments.

Turkiye plans meeting of foreign ministers with Russia, Syria

The meeting between Syrian and Turkish defense ministers in Moscow on 28 December was considered the highest-level meeting between the two countries since the start of the war in 2011

Kremlin unaware of ‘secret’ Russian-Ukrainian meeting in UAE

The meeting reportedly revolved around Russia’s use of a Ukrainian pipeline for a potential resumption of its ammonia exports

With eye on the CIA, Moscow cracks the whip at Israel 

The Jewish Agency is Israel's life source and the Kremlin shut it down this month. The fallout may be a measurable schism between Moscow and Tel Aviv, in which the latter has a lot to lose.

Six achievements of the Putin-Khamenei meeting

The real story of last week's Tehran summit was the strategic advancement of a Russian-Iranian alliance.

Foreign interference in Arab world must come to an end: Arab leaders

The historic Arab League summit saw Syria official's return after years of isolation and an unexpected speech from the Ukrainian president chastising Arab leaders for their neutrality

Echoes of Taif: Syria and Saudi Arabia reconcile

Syria-Saudi relations leap forward with joint statements, bilateral meetings, and, for the first time in 12 years, a shared vision for resolving the crisis in Syria.

Multipolarity was triggered by the 2003 US invasion of Iraq

Twenty years after the unlawful and destabilizing US-led invasion of Iraq, Washington must face the ultimate consequence of that war: UNSC powers China and Russia laying the foundation for a genuine, UN Charter-based system of multipolarism. 

Iranian FM visits Syria’s Latakia to assess earthquake damage

The Iranian foreign minister was in Turkiye a day earlier and held a press conference with his Turkish counterpart, during which Syrian-Turkish reconciliation efforts were discussed

Washington’s Dollar-and-Stick ploy with Iraq

Iraqi officials are in Washington to discuss “economic reforms” but are in fact being pressured to shun Iranian energy imports in the hope of having US sanctions and dollar rations lifted.

Pentagon looking to deliver thousands of ‘Iranian weapons’ to Ukraine: Report

US officials see the move as a 'punishment' against Iran for their alleged drone deliveries to Russia

Putin stresses need to help Afghanistan, blasts west for turning a blind eye to crisis

The Russian leader warned that terror groups have been stepping up their activities in Afghanistan since the disastrous withdrawal of US troops in 2021

Turkish troops evacuate military outpost near M4 highway

The M4 highway is a key route connecting Turkiye, Iraq, and Jordan via Syria

Opening Syria’s M4 highway requires military operation against HTS: Source

The M4 highway is considered a major crossing for the international shipping route that connects Turkey, Iraq and Jordan via Syria

To ‘defeat’ terrorism, Pakistan must counter its entrenched ideology

Part of the solution to Pakistan’s decades-long struggle against terrorism is to confront the embedded mindset behind it.

Turkiye, Iran discuss regional developments, bilateral ties in Ankara

Amir-Abdollahian said that Iran fully supports efforts toward Turkish-Syrian reconciliation

Predictions for 2023? Annus horribilis with some surprising upsides

The Cradle's writers offer up their predictions for 2023. The common theme is massive global shifts, some good, some bad.

Turkiye deported over 58,000 Syrian refugees in 2022

Turkiye's deportation of immigrants increased by 161 percent compared to 2021, with the success rate amounting to 71 percent

Turkiye, Syria, Russia hold first high-level talks since 2011

The Russian Ministry has indicated that 'the parties stressed the constructive nature of the dialogue held in this format and the need to continue it in order to stabilize Syria'

Ukraine’s Azov Regiment visits Israel

The delegation came to Israel to advocate for members of the Azov Regiment who are still being held as prisoners in Russia

Xi of Arabia and the petroyuan drive

Xi Jinping has made an offer difficult for the Arabian Peninsula to ignore: China will be guaranteed buyers of your oil and gas, but we will pay in yuan.

Russia to provide Pakistan with wheat, oil

A source from Pakistan's ministry of energy revealed that Russia could provide 100,000 bpd of crude oil

US-Turkiye brinkmanship won’t reach a point of no return

A conflict of interest between Ankara and Washington over Syria will likely see the two drift apart, with Turkiye aligning more closely with Eurasian powers.

Iran claims development of own hypersonic ballistic missile

A hypersonic missile develops speeds in excess of Mach 5, approximately five times the speed of sound

Rewiring Eurasia: Mr. Patrushev goes to Tehran

The meeting this week between two Eurasian security bosses is a further step toward dusting away the west's oversized Asian footprint.

Iranian president receives head of Russian security council

Nikolai Patrushev confirmed that western intelligence is behind the violent riots taking place across the Islamic Republic

No evidence to back Ukraine’s claims of Iranian missile sales to Russia: Washington

Citing Israeli intelligence, western media reports alleged last month that Iranian officials paid a 'secret visit' to Moscow to finalize the arms deal

Syrian air defenses repel Israeli airstrikes on Damascus

The airstrikes reportedly targeted the vicinity of Damascus international airport, which in June was put out of commission for weeks after Israel bombed its runway

Global finance vs global energy: who will come out on top?

There is more to the current struggle between the oil-consuming west and the oil-producing nations than meets the eye and it runs far deeper than the war in Ukraine

Turkish and Russian Presidents expected to meet in Kazakhstan this week: Kremlin

Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ankara has remained neutral between the warring parties