“Bashar al-Assad held talks in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin in the Syrian president’s first official foreign visit since the civil war in his country erupted in 2011, underscoring the growing Russian […]

“Iraq’s ruling alliance and powerful Shi’ite militias have urged Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to request Russian air strikes on Islamic State militants, who control large parts of the country, members of the […]

“Reporters Without Borders is alarmed to learn that many Kurdish media have been attacked in connection with a political crisis in the past few days in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, […]

11 SEP 15 NEC-SE posted the article: Refugees are The New Oil Field for Turkey http://nec-se.webbar312.net/2015/09/11/nec-se-1st-year-anniversary-exclusive-refugees-are-the-new-oil-field-for-turkey/ 16 OCT 15 news article states:  “Turkish leaders accused Europeans on Friday of treating their country shabbily […]

The New Model of Power Relations and the Middle East Crisis. Most Americans are ignorant of the shifting alliances and power blocs that are influencing the course of events in the Middle […]

“Ten more people have been detained in connection with messages they wrote on Twitter about the suicide bombings which killed 99 people in Ankara, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said on Thursday, bringing […]

On 8 OCT 15 NEC-SE posted the article: What will happen if Russian cruise missiles slam into Turkey by accident? http://nec-se.webbar312.net/2015/10/08/what-will-happen-if-russian-cruise-missiles-slam-into-turkey-by-accident/ The recent decision by the U.S. to pull its Patriot missile batteries […]

NEC-SE asks when Joe Biden enters the presidential race will he be able to complete President Obamas Foreign Policy in the Middle East as the next POTUS? http://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-people-are-sick-of-hearing-about-hillary-clintons-damn-emails/

“According to Turkey’s venerable Ataturkist secular newspaper Cumhuriyet, something like 694 people have died from political violence since the June 7 national election produced a hung parliament.” http://www.forbes.com/sites/melikkaylan/2015/10/12/in-turkey-the-ankara-suicide-bombing-shows-that-erdogans-party-must-go/ On 12 OCT 15 […]