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آمبرین زمان

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

An aircraft of Middle East Airlines (MEA), Lebanon's flag carrier, takes off from Beirut International Airport on Oct. 6, 2024 amidst smoke rising from nearby sites targeted overnight by Israeli air strikes in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital.

Feature

رغم الاعتداءات الإسرائيلية.. طيران الشرق الأوسط يصبح رمزاً للفخر للبنان

Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi speaks during an interview with AFP in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh on Oct. 26, 2024.

Interview

قائد كردي سوري: المحادثات بين تركيا وحزب العمال الكردستاني محكوم عليها بالفشل إذا كانت تهدف إلى انهيار الحكم الذاتي للأكراد في سوريا

Thick smoke billows from a raging fire at a storage tank of the al-Awda oil field facility near al-Qahtaniyah in northeastern Syria close to the Turkish border on Dec. 24, 2023, a day after a reported Turkish strike.

تركيا تهاجم الأكراد في سوريا بسبب هجوم أنقرة وسط مبادرات لزعيم حزب العمال الكردستاني أوجلان

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples DEM Party attend a rally for the Turkish Municipal elections to be held on March 31, in Esenyurt Square, in Istanbul on Feb. 25, 2024.

Exclusive

تركيا تدرس إجراء محادثات سلام مع الأكراد وسط مخاوف من ضربة إسرائيلية على إيران

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wears a scarf with both Turkish and Palestinian flags as he addresses a rally organized by the AKP party in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, in Istanbul on Oct. 28, 2023.

Analysis

أردوغان يتهم إسرائيل بالرغبة في شن حرب على تركيا وسط علاقات تجارية قوية

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

An armed man sits in front of a car damaged in a reported Israeli strike in Damascus on Oct. 2, 2024.

مع تصعيد إسرائيل لهجماتها على سوريا، هل يكون بشار الأسد هو التالي؟

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart, in Cairo on Aug. 5, 2024.

Analysis

وزير الخارجية التركي التقى نصر الله بعد أيام من 7 أكتوبر.. هل يعني هذا أنه "مؤيد لإيران"؟

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkish-backed Syrian fighters from the Turkish-backed 1st Corps of the Samarkand Brigade take part in a military parade in the opposition-held Afrin region of northern Syria, on Nov. 23, 2022.

Interview

رئيس المجلس الوطني الكردي السوري يدين انتهاكات الفصائل السنية المدعومة من تركيا في عفرين

Women and a child queue to receive humanitarian aid packages at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp.

Analysis

كيف يتم تهريب عرائس داعش المحتجزات لدى أكراد سوريا إلى الخاطبين في أوروبا

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Amal and George Clooney speak onstage during the Clooney Foundation For Justice Inaugural Albie Awards at New York Public Library on September 29, 2022, in New York City.

أمل كلوني تنضم إلى المعركة القانونية الأوروبية لإطلاق سراح التركي عثمان كافالا

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Members of the Libyan Army, under the command of the internationally recognized Government of National Unity, fire live ammunition during a drill in the western town of Tarhuna , on March 6, 2023.

Analysis

أزمة البنك المركزي الليبي تؤجج مخاوف الصراع مع إرسال تركيا وروسيا أسلحة

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan is welcomed by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the airport in Cairo, Egypt February 14, 2024. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office

Analysis

بعد أن كانا عدوين قديمين، السيسي وأردوغان يلتقيان في أنقرة

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture