Victor Angelo

      The collapse of the oil price has several major implications. It is an economic tsunami. For the oil-producing developing countries...

The NATO training mission in Iraq (NMI) has been temporarily suspended due to the recent developments in the country. In my opinion, it s...

The Iranian leadership has shown restraint. The attack against two military camps that accommodate deployed American service men was surg...

In the dangerous and complex situation we have now around Iran, one of the key losers is Iraq and its population. The country is deeply d...

As I express my disagreement and concern regarding the decision to execute General Qassem Soleimani, I must also recognise that the regim...

The decision to authorise the deadly attack on General Qassem Soleimani raises many questions and opens the door to a few uncertainties. ...

At the same time the offensive against the Islamic State terrorists moves on towards Mosul city, we have seen a very serious Turkish milit...

The Balkans route, as it is known, is now closed to the immigrants stuck in Greece. The Macedonian government got the message well before ...

Many political and military leaders are very much influenced by their experiences in the stabilisation missions as implemented in Afghanis...

The number of players against the terrorists of the Islamic State is increasing by the day. There is a growing military engagement from th...

In Syria and Iraq, the main goals are by far to bring peace and stability back as well as to endeavour for democracy and rule of law. ...

The most expected decision has finally been taken by the Turkish President. From now on, the US Air Force is allowed to make use of Turkey...

After the agreement on Iran´s nuclear programme, there are two additional questions related to the Middle East that should receive the sam...

We usually emphasise that each national crisis should have a political response and end up with an agreement between the parties. In the c...

The daily reports are clear. They point to a recent succession of military gains by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS), both in Syria ...

The operation that killed a key leader of the terrorist organization called “Islamic State” (IS) should be underlined as a major developme...

Our part of the world is once again responding with indifference to the human tragedies that are taking place in Syria and Iraq and to the...

Poor weather in Brussels today. Time thus to get ready for my quarterly meeting on peace building. And to realise that there is no strateg...

Syria´s tragedy is spreading fast into the neighbouring countries, particularly in Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. Chaos and human distress have...

Just a very simple question: what is Turkey doing to fight the terrorists that call themselves the Islamic State? The Turkish government i...