The USA emphasized Turkey’s growing role in the Middle East and beyond, in remarks at the opening dinner of the 2011 Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkey Relations. The event was hosted by the American-Turkish Council, and highlighted Turkey’s growing economic leadership. American government officials pointed out when talking to Turks – from students to entrepreneurs to [...]
As uprisings against autocratic regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya captivate the world’s attention, a new slew of questions has arisen over Turkey’s position in the region. To what extent Turkey will be able to influence the shape of new governments built in the wake of the Arab Spring remains unclear. Yet the pivotal [...]
The remains of more than 1700 prisoners executed in 1996 by jailers at Tripoli’s notorious Abu Salim prison have been found in a mass grave in the capital, a National Transitional Council spokesman says. ‘We found the place where all these martyrs were buried,’ the NTC’s military council spokesman Khalid Sharif said on Sunday. He [...]
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s tour of Arab Spring nations and the messages he gave during these visits continue to echo in the Turkish media. There is no doubt that these visits, which have further boosted Turkey’s international standing and Erdogan’s popularity, will play a major role in the shaping of the future of these [...]
Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to be in the desert town of Bani Walid about 150 (95 miles) southeast of Tripoli, a top military commander of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Thursday. Abdel Majid Mlegta, coordinator of the Tripoli military operations room, told Reuters “someone we trust” had said Gaddafi had [...]
For many years, due to political restrictions, Libya was a difficult country to visit. Today, however, the political leadership has begun to reach out to other international leaders, and, in turn, the country has opened its doors to foreign travelers. Many Libya people start to understand whats happening around the Libya and wake up call [...]
As Libyan rebels battle to clear the last remaining pockets of resistance from the capital Tripoli they have offered a £1.2 million bounty for the 69-year-old dictator’s capture or death with the assurance that they will be offered amnesty. Despite Gadaffi’s remaining diehard loyalists keeping up their fight to defend the dictator, his support is [...]
Libyan jet has been shot down by rebels and pilot wasnt that professinal, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says world powers meeting in Paris have agreed on the use of military action to protect civilians in Libya. Sarkozy said Saturday the international community has a duty to respond to the call of the civilians who are facing [...]
Libya leader Gaddafi has been warned by Barrack Obama today and Moammar Gadhafi faces a stark choice: Halt attacks immediately or face punishing air strikes. But U.S. President Barack Obama also gave the Libyan despot an out, promising the gathering warplanes won’t bomb him into regime change if he quits attacking rebel-held cities. The unpredictable [...]
No fly zone on Libya after nuclear weapons, and many other reports the EU, NATO and the UN dither over further action, the Arab League has come out strongly in favour of a no-fly zone over Libya. The surprise vote came as opposition force in Libya retreated to their strongholds in the west of the country, [...]
Libya released captured British SAS forces today and belive to be failed mission and everyone is waiting reports or press release from Libya`s goverment soon. The eight British special forces or ‘small team of diplomats’ as the British government are claiming, have been released by the anti-Gadaffi rebel forces in Benghazi. The HMS Cumberland quickly [...]
Many Protesters in Bahrain have streamed back into Pearl Square in the capital Manama to continue their demonstrations against the government. They were initially confronted by riot police, who opened fire with tear gas and shotguns, but police then pulled back and left. Anti-government protesters return to Pearl Square in Manama. Protest tension never gone [...]
