Of all my acquaintances from the Gaza Strip, Sameh is the last one I would have expected to understand Islamic Jihad. He’s one of the very few lucky ones that Israel lets leave the small coastal enclave; he travels between it and the West Bank, basically living in two places. He
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Behind Trump-Erdogan ‘bromance,’ a White House meeting to repair U.S.-Turkey ties
WASHINGTON/ANKARA- At the 2012 opening of Trump Towers in Istanbul, real estate mogul Donald Trump sang the praises of Tayyip Erdogan, telling a mostly Turkish audience that their leader, prime minister at the time, was “highly respected” around the world. “He’s a good man. He’s just representing you very well,” Trump
Behind Trump-Erdogan ‘bromance,’ a White House meeting to repair U.S.-Turkey ties
WASHINGTON/ANKARA - At the 2012 opening of Trump Towers in Istanbul, real estate mogul Donald Trump sang the praises of Tayyip Erdogan, telling a mostly Turkish audience that their leader, prime minister at the time, was “highly respected” around the world. “He’s a good man. He’s just representing you very well,”
Top Iraqi cleric casts doubt on reforms offered to defuse unrest
BAGHDAD- Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric on Monday expressed concern that the political elite is not serious about enacting reforms in the face of mass unrest and said protesters should not go home until concrete steps had been taken to meet their demands. Security forces shot dead two protesters in the city
