Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 22 January 2026 | TR
The intermittent cycle of conflict between the Syrian forces and the SDF, which began in the Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Aleppo on January 6 and subsequently spread east of the Euphrates, reminiscent of the momentum [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 01 August 2025 | AR
The fate of the renewed peace process that Türkiye launched with the PKK after a decade is taking a dangerous turn in the wake of the dramatic events in Southern Syria. Following recent developments [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 06 May 2025
Nearly five months have passed since December 8th, 2024, in Syria. The initial revolutionary fervor has now given way to sobering realities. In other words, the country has returned from its honeymoon to grim reality on the ground.
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 27 January 2025 | AR
After a decade of hiatus, Türkiye is again undergoing a renewed peace process with the PKK. Hamas’ Al Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7, 2023, dramatically altered geopolitics in the Middle East
Mohamad Fawaz Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 17 December 2024 | AR
The Syrian regime’s 61-year-old tyranny has finally fallen. The country's new rulers have been trying to pave the way for a political transitional process. Regional countries also do not stay idle in this new period. Some regional countries have already started engaging in political talks with HTS and its allies through the Department of Political Affairs of the new government in the country. So far, meetings have been held with ambassadors of Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Italy. It was also announced that Qatar would soon open its embassy in Damascus.
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 12 December 2024 | AR
The 61-year-old regime has finally fallen in Syria. The tyranny of the Baath Party that seized power in the country in 1963 later turned into the Assad clan’s dynasty in 1970 through an intra-party coup Hafez Assad called the 'Corrective Movement,' was consigned to history with a popular revolution on December 8th, 2024, after only a 12-day-long military operation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the dizzying developments have far exceeded expectations even for seasoned Syria experts following the crisis for many years.
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 02 December 2024 | AR | TR
The Syrian opposition groups operating under the ‘‘Command of Military Operations (previously known as Al Fath al-Mubin Operation Room’’ have initiated their long-spoken major offensive entitled ‘Operation Deterrence of Aggression’ on the Syrian regime [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 03 October 2024 | TR
On the night of October 1st, Iran, for the second time, directly attacked Israel with a barrage of ballistic and hypersonic missiles. That said, this attack starkly differed from Tehran’s previous attack that took [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 24 May 2024
In a shocking event on the 19th of May, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi lost his life in a helicopter crash along with his high-ranking entourage, including Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The President’s helicopter [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 26 April 2024
On April 22, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid a landmark visit to Baghdad after 13 years with a sizable delegation of high-ranking Turkish officials accompanying him. The last meeting of the President to [...]
