President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, could gain the most from the downfall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria. Not only would it boost his influence in the region, but it would also enable him to pursue ambitious plans for creating a major gas hub.

The overthrow of the Assad regime is about more than just Russia's boasting rights as a major power. It will have consequences on the war in Ukraine, and Russian expansion in Africa. Indeed, it may be proof that it is not a major power.

“There are currently only two leaders left in the world -- there is me and there is Vladimir Putin,” Erdogan said recently, reflecting the respect for the Kremlin leader. Putin, in ...

Xi Jinping and Donald Trump might dispute the Turkish president’s global rankings. At a regional level, however, Erdoğan has a good claim to be one of two strongman leaders that are reshaping the Middle East. His hated rival, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, is the other.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, speaking on Kossuth radio, has expressed the opinion that Ukraine could still change its decision regarding the "Christmas ceasefire". Source: European Pravda, citing Magyar Nemzet Details: Speaking about his "peacekeeping mission",

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was received by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday in the capital, Ankara. The two leaders, who have a

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is set to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Türkiye on Thursday, 12 December. Source: Bertalan Havasi, head of the Hungarian Prime Minister's press service,

More than 25,000 Syrians have left Turkey for Syria in the past two weeks, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told the state news agency Anadolu on Tuesday. Turkey has taken in more refugees from war-torn Syria than any other country.

Failure abroad always sends shock waves home. Khamenei, who has so far never failed to crush all those aligned against him, is now likely obsessed with how his foreign mistakes may embolden his enemies, both foreign and domestic.

If Turkey decides to arm the rebel forces, it is unclear how Israel will respond and whether it will be able to thwart the transfer of American-backed weapons.

In September 2015, Russia intervened militarily in Syria’s civil war, propping up Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship as it teetered on

U.S. diplomats have returned to Syria to engage with its new rulers, marking a significant development in the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster.