Tag: Middle East

Sep 21

At the birth of Turkey’s currency crisis

In August the Turkish lira went on an extended down-slide. Today alone it lost nearly 20% of its value. It will likely take the Turkish economy with it and Erdogan need someone to blame for it. But while foreign powers and banks surely use the crisis for their own aims, it is its Erdogan’s economic …

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Oct 07

Is China set to join Russia and Iran in support of Syria?

“The pro-Assad Al-Masdar (citing an unnamed SAA “senior officer”), said Chinese “personnel and aerial assets” are set to arrive within weeks”, Tyler Durden reported on ZeroHedge two weeks ago. “Beijing has taken decision to take part in combating IS and sent its vessels to the Syrian coast. (…) It is known, that China has joined …

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