Alison Tahmizian Meuse, Author at Asia Times

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov speaks to the media next to a graphic of an incident in which a Russian warplane was shot down by a Syrian air defense unit last week. Photo: Grab from video released by Defense Ministry / Sputnik /AFP

Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russia to supply S-300 air defense system to Syria

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

سلطان سعود القاسمي، مقتني وداعم الفن العربي المعاصر، نراه عبر منحوتة سلوى روضة شقير الشكل الداخلي في متحف الشارقة للفنون في يوليو 2018. صورة: اليسون طهمزيان ميوز.

Photo: Alison Tahmizian Meuse

China, Egypt, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

An Emirati collector leaves his art behind

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps carries an injured child at the scene of an attack on a military parade on September 22, 2018 in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz. Photo:
AFP / ISNA / Shayan Haji Najaf

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

24 killed, dozens wounded in ‘terrorist’ attack in Iran

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

An image taken from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV on Sept 19 shows Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon's militant Shiite movement Hezbollah, giving a televised address from an undisclosed location. Photo: AFP

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Hezbollah to Syria’s Kurds: ‘Don’t bet on the Americans’

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

沙特王儲薩勒曼出席在吉達（Jeddah）舉行的會議。相片：AFP / Saudi Royal Palace / Bandar al-Jaloud

Middle East

在沙特阿拉伯，石油仍是王道

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Members of the Islamic Society USA participate in an initiative to help Turkey shore up its currency. Members bought 100 Turkish lira (worth US$16.23) for US$200 on September 14. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Mohammed Elshamy

Middle East, Syria, Turkey

Turkey slashes investment requirements for citizenship

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

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中亞聖戰分子為伊德利卜省戰鬥努力

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 19, 2018February 18, 2020

A Russian Il-20 military plane crashed off the coast of Syria Monday, killing 15 servicemen. It was shot down in error by Syrian air defense systems responding to an incursion by Israeli warplanes. Photo: Aleksandr Tarasenkov / Russian Defence Ministry

Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russia blames Israel for deadly warplane downing by Syria

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 19, 2018February 18, 2020

ولي العهد السعودي الأمير محمد بن سلمان . صورة: القصر الملكي السعودي via AFP/Bandar al-Jaloud

China, Middle East, World

In Saudi Arabia, black gold is still king

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 19, 2018February 18, 2020

A Russian bodyguard stands near President Vladimir Putin as he talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. Photo: AFP/Sputnik/Alexander Zemlianichenko

Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Erdogan and Putin agree to a Syria DMZ

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Uyghur jihadis: some shy, some not. Photo: Radio Alwan

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Central Asian jihadis dig in for Idlib battle

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech to the Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen in Ankara on September 13, 2018. Kayhan Ozer / Anadolu

Middle East, Turkey

Turkish Central Bank hikes interest rate to 24%

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 14, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he had 'certified' that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were acting to reduce risks to civilians from their military operations in Yemen. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

Middle East

Pompeo upholds lucrative US support for Yemen war

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Supporters of Turkish president Erdogan driving through Hamburg, Germany after his victory in the latest presidential elections. Kay Nietfeld/dpa

Iran, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Erdogan takes wheel of Turkish wealth fund

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranian ambassador in Iraq Iraj Masjedi gives a press conference outside the new Iranian consulate in Basra on September 11, 2018, after the old building was set ablaze by protesters a few days earlier. Photo: AFP/Haidar Mohammed Ali

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World

US blames Iran for attacks on diplomats in Iraq

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Syrian families flee bombardment on Idlib, the country's last rebel-held province, toward the border with Turkey. Photo: AFP/Muhammad Haj Kadour

European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey pleads for Idlib accord as displaced people mass

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Firefighters and onlookers gather in front of the headquarters of Libya's National Oil Company in the capital Tripoli on September 10, after amed men stormed the building. Photo: AFP

Uncategorized

Gunmen kill 2, wound 10 in attack on Libya’s state oil firm

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 11, 2018February 18, 2020

The Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington in November 2017. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

Israel, Middle East, World

Trump to evict Palestinian mission in Washington

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, where cannabis farmers have lived outside the law for decades, might soon be growing and exporting their crops legally. Photo: Asia Times/Ari Paul

Lebanon, Middle East, World

In Lebanon, consensus grows for cannabis legalization

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with his Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Tehran on September 7, 2018. Photo: AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev

Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey, Russia seek Idlib consensus in Tehran

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 7, 2018February 18, 2020

A Russian Navy vessel fires Kalibr cruise missiles at ISIS targets in Syria from the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: Russian Federation Ministry of Defense

Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Russia to hold ‘large-scale’ drills in Mediterranean

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Yemeni children take part in a mass funeral for children killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition last week. Photo: AFP

France, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Saudi, UAE may be guilty of war crimes in Yemen: UN

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman addresses the media during a visit to the Israel-Syria border. Photo: AFP / Jalaa Marey

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

Israel aims for Middle East with new ‘precision rocket’

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranian MPs engage in discussions while the economy minister speaks during a parliamentary session in Tehran on August 26, 2018, before a vote that saw Masoud Karbasian impeached.
Photo: AFP / Atta Kenare

European Union, France, Iran, Middle East, World

Iran’s finance minister impeached as sanctions bite

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 27, 2018February 18, 2020

An Iranian woman walks past the shuttered window of the closed offices of a travel agency showing the logos of various air lines in the capital Tehran. AFP / STRINGER

European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, World

European airlines take flight from Tehran

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 24, 2018February 18, 2020

An image grab from a July 05, 2014 propaganda video allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, addressing Muslim worshipers at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Photo: AFP / Al-Furqan Media

France, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

IS leader makes call to arms after year of silence

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 23, 2018February 18, 2020

China, Hong Kong, Middle East

Saudi Arabia ‘committed’ to Aramco IPO: energy minister

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 23, 2018February 18, 2020

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the World Government Summit in Dubai in February 2018. The UAE is sending relief to India’s flood-stricken state of Kerala, a testament to the strong ties between the two countries. Photo: AFP/Karim Sahib

India, Middle East, South Asia

UAE, Indian expats mobilize to help Kerala

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) greets the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani prior to their talks in Ankara.The emir of wealthy Qatar flew to Turkey Wednesday to meet close ally President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a show of support as Ankara grapples with a currency crisis. AFP / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / Kayhan OZER

Middle East, Turkey

Qatar pledges $15 billion to invest in Turkey

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli civilians on the Golan Heights watch as fighting rages just beyond the border fence in Syria between Syrian government forces and ISIS fighters, on Friday, 27 July 2018. Photo: Mati Milstein/NurPhoto

Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russia plays referee on the Golan Heights

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 15, 2018February 18, 2020

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Russia to supply S-300 air defense system to Syria

An Emirati collector leaves his art behind

24 killed, dozens wounded in ‘terrorist’ attack in Iran

Hezbollah to Syria’s Kurds: ‘Don’t bet on the Americans’

在沙特阿拉伯，石油仍是王道

Turkey slashes investment requirements for citizenship

中亞聖戰分子為伊德利卜省戰鬥努力

Russia blames Israel for deadly warplane downing by Syria

In Saudi Arabia, black gold is still king

Erdogan and Putin agree to a Syria DMZ

Central Asian jihadis dig in for Idlib battle

Turkish Central Bank hikes interest rate to 24%

Pompeo upholds lucrative US support for Yemen war

Erdogan takes wheel of Turkish wealth fund

US blames Iran for attacks on diplomats in Iraq

Turkey pleads for Idlib accord as displaced people mass

Gunmen kill 2, wound 10 in attack on Libya’s state oil firm

Trump to evict Palestinian mission in Washington

In Lebanon, consensus grows for cannabis legalization

Turkey, Russia seek Idlib consensus in Tehran

Russia to hold ‘large-scale’ drills in Mediterranean

Saudi, UAE may be guilty of war crimes in Yemen: UN

Israel aims for Middle East with new ‘precision rocket’

Iran’s finance minister impeached as sanctions bite

European airlines take flight from Tehran

IS leader makes call to arms after year of silence

Saudi Arabia ‘committed’ to Aramco IPO: energy minister

UAE, Indian expats mobilize to help Kerala

Qatar pledges $15 billion to invest in Turkey

Russia plays referee on the Golan Heights

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