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McClatchy Is an Iranian general the most powerful man in Iraq? Iranian Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani has ensured the election of pro-Iranian politicians, met frequently with Iraqi leaders, and backed Shiite elements in the Iraqi security forces. His behind-the-scenes role illustrates how President Bush's decision to topple Saddam Hussein enabled Iran to extend its influence in Iraq

CFR Fuller: Russia May be Seeking ‘Joint State’ of Abkhazia-Georgia

CSIS Smart Leadership: The Powers to Lead Video | Listen | Smart Power

Guardian Fears over Russian plan for 'gas Opec' Representatives of world's leading gas producers discuss Russian proposals for greater cooperation

Tensions Rise Sharply Over Abkhazia The Moscow Times
Tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi escalated over the weekend amid reports that Russian military reinforcements were being deployed in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia and local residents were being forced to swap their ID cards for Russian passports

The Future of U.S.-Syrian Relations Martin S. Indyk

Between the Golan Heights And The Presumed Nuclear Reactor
Dar Al-Hayat

SYRIA: More questions about alleged nuclear site

Benedict v. Islam By: Adele Stan | The American Prospect
Was the pontiff's visit to Ground Zero a gambit in the Catholic Church's contest with Islam for the soul of the developing world?

IHT Europe's debt to Islam given a skeptical look In a new book, Sylvain Gouguenheim, a professor of medieval history is basically canceling, or largely writing off, a concept built up by other historians over the past 50 years that has Europe owing Islam for an essential part of its identity.

Financial Times Opec says oil could hit $200 Cartel’s president blames weak dollar

New power brokers emerge Do not panic over foreign wealth Sovereign wealth funds will surpass the economic output of the US by 2015 and the European Union by 2016 if they continue to grow at their current rate. The trouble is that legitimate caution about sovereign wealth funds could easily spill over into illegitimate hysteria. Foreign investment is still a subject that is exploited by demagogues, from the US to France to India, writes Gideon Rachman

Economists’ ForumDissecting responses to Greenspan’s defence: ‘What I do not accept is the view that everything that has gone wrong in recent years is the result of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy,‘ writes Martin Wolf

Europe’s economic outlook deteriorates Outlook for economic growth and inflation deteriorates sharply as official forecasts show the US downturn and the turmoil in world financial markets damping prospects

Laura Rozen Operation Orchard.

Christian Science Monitor

Iran takes goodwill tour to India President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stops in India Tuesday after visiting Pakistan and Sri Lanka on a trip aimed at inking energy deals and curbing the West's influence.

Biofuels can't feed starving people Using crops for energy is a noble idea, but it's led to a hunger crisis.

Afghan insurgency spreading north Militant attacks are increasing outside the Taliban's southern stronghold, such as Sunday's on President Hamid Karzai

Middle East Progress Potential for Progress on Israeli-Syrian Front

Resources on the Israeli Strike in Syria An extensive, frequently updated collection of open source materials on the subject — including foreign and domestic news reports, satellite imagery and analysis — has been compiled by Allen Thomson in “A Sourcebook on the Israeli Strike in Syria, 6 September 2007″ (currently 812 pages in a 15 MB PDF file).

An updated bibliography of Syrian nuclear science research, from reactor safety to laser isotope separation, was prepared by researcher Mark Gorwitz. See “Syrian Nuclear Science Bibliography: Open Literature Citations” (pdf), April 2008.

Yedioth Ahronoth CIA: Syrian reactor capacity was 1-2 weapons per year

Background Briefing with Senior U.S. Officials on Syria’’s Covert Nuclear Reactor and North Korea’s Involvement (PDF; 148 KB) Source: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

CAP The North Korea-Syria Nexus: Congress Needs to Ask Tough Questions

Iraq: Regional Perspectives and U.S. Policy (PDF; 344 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress (PDF; 659 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

From National Journal, the U.S. Institute of Peace is winning plaudits from both parties and experts worldwide for its efforts

SyriaComment News Round Up (28 April 2008)

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of War With Iran by Jeff Huber

Justin Raimondo
Is War With Iran Imminent?

CSIS CSIS hosted a book launch and discussion for "War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism" by Douglas J. Feith Video | Listen | Transcript

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Cengiz Çandar Kapatma davası ve ABD ile AB'nin çizgileri

Turks try to find middle ground for Syria, Israel negotiations Jerusalem Post

Palestinian Editorial Praises Turkey's "Important Role" in Peace Process

Ha’aretz Damascus think tank chief handles Syrian talks on Israel

İsrail'e mesajı Davutoğlu götürecek

İsrail-Suriye sürecinde daha yolun başındayız, ihtiyatlı olalım

The Turkish Passage Dar Al-Hayat Ghassan Charbel - Turkey looks at the region and becomes anxious. Its Iraqi neighbor wallows in the midst of a bloody storm; occupation, terrorism, resistance and sectarian conflict

EDM A DAZED AND CONFUSED AKP STRUGGLES TO STAVE OFF CLOSURE

Turkish foreign minister says there's a long way to go before ... International Herald Tribune

Ankara sees a long way to go before Israeli-Syrian peace

Turkey to intensify relations with Iraqi Kurds in fight against PKK

10. MİT’ten müthiş operasyon

Turkey adopts policy change toward non-radical Kurdish groups World Tribune

Türkiye İslami devrimin eşiğinde

Güler Kömürcü
Pozisyon ayarı...

Oray Eğin
Taha Akyol’un oğlu Türkiye’yi nasıl jurnalledi?

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSİ 06:30 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 28 Apr 08

Iraq says Turkish air strikes "unfortunate"

Sakarya'da tahrik altıncı kez yokladı

Spring season brings uptick in fighting between Turkish military ...

Turkey planning new military incursion: PKK

Erhan Çelik Abdullah Öcalan askeri okulun kapısından nasıl döndü!

Ölümünü dört ay gizlediler PKK’nın sözde askeri konsey üyesi ve Şırnak Küpeli Dağı sorumlusu Ramazan Aybi’nin ölümünün, tabanda moral bozukluğu yaratmaması için dört ay gizlendiği iddia edildi.

Hüsnü Mahalli
Amerikan barışı

Cevdet Aşkın

Babacan says talks with Iraqi Kurds coming in near future

Gila Benmayor GAP bittiğinde ekonomiye yıllık katkısı 18 milyar dolar

Not Another Bilateral Deal!Arab News

Go for it, Olmert Ha'aretz, By Yoel Marcus

Sami Kohen Afganistan yeni bir Irak mı oluyor?

Barzani ile ilk randevu kesinleşti

Syrian Administration Reduces Travel Tax for Citizens Travelling to Turkey

Israel's wooing of Syria is suspect
GulfNews,

Cezalarını görecekler

DTP Genel Başkanı Demirtaş'a tahliye

Turkey: Mediator PoliGazette

Demirtaş tahliye edildi

1000 kişiden 1 gözaltı yok

[STOP THESE MASSACRES!]
Israel kills four more innocent children

CSM A Kurdish idealist returns to Iraq to 'change attitudes'Taha Barwari came back to northern Iraqi from Sweden with a mission to inspire young Kurds disaffected by decades of war.

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