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Gas Starts Flowing from Israel`s Levant Basin, What Now?

Israel has the upper hand right now in terms of development and production, but it lacks the infrastructure without Turkey.

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - The first gas has started flowing from Israel's supergiant Tamar gasfield in the Levant Basin.

Where it will go will redraw the Mediterranean energy map and the geopolitics that goes along with it.

ABC News At Least 2 Dead in Likely Suicide Attack Outside US Embassy in Turkish Capital

TV footage showed the embassy door blown off its hinges.

(ANKARA) - A suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive Friday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, killing himself and a guard at the entrance gate, officials said.

U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardione told reporters that a Turkish citizen was also wounded in the 1:15 p.m. blast in the Turkish capital.

Stop Systematic Campaign of Judicial Harassment and Criminalization OF Human Rights Defenders in Turkey

Mr. Gomes has deep concern about the abuse of terrorism-related legislation against human rights defenders and the systematic harassment of independent voices in Turkey.

(YORK, UK) - Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes asked to Turkish prime minister to stop systematic campaign of judicial harassment and criminalization Human Rights Defender in Turkey.

The Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com said IHD has been the subject of a systematic campaign of judicial harassment and criminalisation...

Turkish Parliament Authorizes Cross-Border Military Operations in Syria

Turkey’s parliament has authorized cross-border military operations into Syria ‘when necessary.’ The move follows a cross-border mortar-shelling into Turkey which Damascus has apologized for.

(MOSCOW) - Parliament voted 320-129 in favor of the bill, though the government was quick to eliminate the perception they country preparing for a unilateral military assault.

“The bill is not for war… It has deterrent qualities,” Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay told reporters after the vote on Thursday.

Turkey: Arbitrary Arrest of IHD Chairperson Ali Tanriverdi

William Gomes calls to Turkey's Prime Minister to release all Human Rights Defenders from prison...

(SALEM) - Consistent enforcement of legal and fair Human Rights Law is a missing attribute in too many of the world's governments.

As our Human Rights Ambassador, William Nicholas Gomes explains in this letter to Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's Prime Minister, it is time to call upon the Turkish authorities and put an end to the continuing harassment of human rights defenders.

Orwellian Ramifications Begin to Unfold in Syria

Turkey is making a tactical mistake by supporting terrorism in Syria and supplying them with weapons, military training and human resources.

(TEHRAN) - There is horrible speculation that the insurgents in Syria may have seized hold of chemical weapons.

Apart from the catastrophically unthinkable havoc the rebels can wreak in Syria and in the region with the WMDs, the rhetorical question which remains is how these weapons of mass destruction have fallen into the hands of the insurgents who are chiefly composed of Wahhabi al-Qaeda mercenaries...

The Role of CIA-pampered Saudi Spymaster in Syria

Saudi Arabia has long been working on a plan to overthrow the regime in Syria and sabotage the Islamic Republic through Bandar bin Sultan who served as the Saudi ambassador to the US from 1983 to 2005.

(TEHRAN) - Prince Bandar bin Sultan was appointed as the Director General of Saudi Arabia’s main intelligence agency on July 19.

Netanyahu to Obama when we say `Jump` you answer, `How High`?

Graphics by Alex

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama is being targeted by the US Israel lobby as no American President seeking re-election has been in the country’s 236 year history.

Syrian Air Defense Stands Firm against NATO Test

The “multifunctional” Turkish plane provocation will be used to discredit the Moscow efforts aimed at finding solution to the Syrian crisis and making Russia-Turkey dialogue even less distinct.

(ROME) - Ankara is trying to get the most out of the incident when a Turkish reconnaissance aircraft was downed flying over the Syrian territorial waters on June 22.

`Jesus Predicted Coming of Prophet Mohammed` in Bible Found in Turkey

Muslims claim the text, which many say is the Gospel of Barnabas, is an addition to the original gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John.

(DUBAI, UAE) - A 1,500-year-old Bible in which Jesus is believed to have foretold the coming of the Prophet Mohammed to Earth has attracted attention from the Vatican this week.

Pope Benedict XVI has reportedly requested to see the book, which has been hidden in Turkey for the last 12 years, according to the Daily Mail.