Turkey’s New bill to monitor civil society groups

The Turkish Parliament recently passed the act called “Preventing Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction”. The bill would increase the monitoring of civil society groups. About the Bill The bill was passed following the 2019 report on Turkey prepared by the Intergovernmental body Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The FATF fights money laundering ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: Erdogan • FATF • FATF blacklist • Global Terrorism Index • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Syrian Civil War • Turkey

Erdogan-Putin Meet

The President of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, met with the Russian President Vladimir Putin and agreed on a ceasefire agreement to de-escalate the Syrian situation. Syrian Civil War The Syrian Civil War is considered one of the deadliest in the 21st century. It began in 2011 as a part of the Arab Spring movement. It is ..

Topics: Arab Spring • Idlib • Russia • Syrian Civil War • Turkey

50 Soldiers killed in Syria in separate attacks

The governmental forces of Syria came under separate attacks from both the ISIL and al-Qaeda fighters and other rebels linked to them in different parts of the country. Nearly 50 soldiers and other allied fighters had lost their lives in the attack. In a notable attack, the forces of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant ..

Category: Uncategorized

Topics: Deir ez-Zor • Deir ez-Zor offensive • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant • Liwa al-Quds • Military operations • Syrian Civil War • Syrian Desert campaign

US backed forces defeat Islamic state

The Islamic State’s five year caliphate caomes to an end, says the US backed Syrian Democratic Forces. The SDF is led by a group of people called the Kurds. Kurds are Iranian ehtnic people in the Middle east. The IS grew out of Al – Qaeda in Iraq after the invasion made by the US ..

Topics: Bashar al-Assad • Deir ez-Zor campaign • Ethnic groups in Syria • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant • Kurds • Politics of Syria • Qamishli riots • Raqqa campaign • Syrian Civil War • Syrian Democratic Forces • Syrian Kurdistan • Terrorism • Violence • Violence against LGBT people • Wahhabism

Turkey to host four nation summit on Syria crisis

On Oct. 27, Turkey will host the four nation summit on Syria crisis in Istanbul to discuss the conflict in Syria and efforts for a lasting solution to the war in the Arab country. The summit will be held between the leaders of Turkey, France, Germany and Russia. Russia is a main backer of Syrian ..

Category: Summits and Conferences

Topics: Conflicts • Idlib • Idlib demilitarization • Northwestern Syria offensive • Syrian Civil War • Warfare • Wars