Headlines- As the military adopts a "offensive and asymmetrical" defense strategy, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to its spokesperson Hossein Mohebi, threatens to invade any country that strikes it.
- In an apparent jab at US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, French President Emmanuel Macron criticized world leaders on Wednesday for making "stupid" remarks regarding the rioting and looting that broke out on the fringes of nationwide protests in France on Saturday.
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Tag: Turkish Canal Project
January 16, 2020
Growing Controversy in Turkey Over Erdogan’s...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planning what’s dubbed ‘the construction project of the decade’, a massive canal connecting Turkey’s Marmara and Black Sea. The canal will provide an alternative route to the Bosporus, one of the world’s busiest waterways, which divides Istanbul. But the project is proving controversial, both domestically and internationally