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Kareem Shaheen

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Kareem Shaheen is a veteran Middle East correspondent in Canada

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A child wears an improvised gas masks in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province. AFP
Russia pre-empts Idlib offensive with smear campaign

Analysis: Moscow is falsely claiming that US journalists are staging fake chemical attacks in Syria

September 13, 2018
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their press conference after their meeting at the 10th Ambassador Conference in Ankara. EPA
Bombing Idlib would be 'catastrophic': Turkey's Cavusoglu

The Syrian regime is eager to conquer the last province under opposition control

August 15, 2018
A currency exchange shop in Istanbul, on August 14, 2018, as the lira struggles against the dollar. AP Photo
As Turkey reels from lira crisis, even haircuts are on hold

As Turkey's currency crisis takes hold, ordinary citizens are changing their habits, reports Kareem Shaheen

EuropeAugust 15, 2018
People look at foreign exchange rates in Ankara, Turkey, on August 10, 2018. - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Turks to support their struggling currency, the lira, by exchanging any foreign money, saying Turkey faces an economic war. (Photo by ADEM ALTAN / AFP)
Turkey-US relationship in jeopardy as currency nosedive deepens

As the Lira tumbles to new lows, Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul explores the impact on Turkey's relationship with the US

August 12, 2018
Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan gesture as they talk at the start of the Nato Summit in Brussels in July. Reuters
US-Turkey row threatens historic alliance between Nato allies

Washington imposing sanctions on Nato’s second largest power once seemed outlandish

August 02, 2018
A Syrian soldier is seen standing in the Nasib border crossing with Jordan in Deraa, Syria July 7, 2018.REUTERS
The fall of Deraa: Syrian revolt folding under weight of Assad onslaught

The swift collapse of the southern front has left many contemplating the future of the revolution

July 19, 2018
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces the new ministers of his cabinet during a press conference at the Presidential Palace on July 9, 2018 in Ankara, Turkey. Getty Images
Turkey to lift state of emergency after two-year purge

Opposition figures have condemned the ruling party’s attempts to keep ‘anti-terror’ provisions

July 19, 2018
A Syrian army soldier stands next to a Syrian flag in the countryside of Deraa. Reuters
Cradle of the Syrian revolution falls to regime forces

The government barrels towards a bloody military victory as spark of the revoultion is set to be snuffed out

July 11, 2018
A campaign banner showing Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pictured in the Eminonu district of Istanbul on June 14, 2018. He has pledged for the first time that he would immediately lift the almost two-year state of emergency in place since the 2016 failed coup if he is re-elected in this month's polls. Bulent Kilic / AFP Photo
Turkey: Should elections even be taking place?

There was a crackdown on rights after the failed coup. Now matters are deteriorating across the board, says Temel Karamollaoglu

EuropeJune 18, 2018
Meral Aksener, leader and presidential candidate of the Turkish opposition Iyi party, greets people during a campaign rally in Ankara on May 30, 2018. Adem Altan / AFP
The Turkish 'she-wolf' on Erdogan's trail

Meral Aksener's platform as presidential candidate is to counter much of what her incumbent rival has done

EuropeMay 31, 2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan at a pre-election rally in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on May 20, 2018. Oliver Bunic / AFP
Erdogan's election jaunt exposes challenge at home

The Turkish president, rallying the diaspora, is facing a tougher race than once expected

May 22, 2018
A government chartered coach carries fighters and their families from the besieged city of Harasta to the northwestern city of Idlib, Syria, 23 March 2018. Youssef Badawi / EPA Photo
Will Idlib become Assad's next killing ground?

Eastern Ghouta is being cleared but are rebels and their families heading to their deaths?

March 27, 2018
A Hezbollah fighter holds his weapon in the Lebanese area of Jroud Arsal, near the Syrian border, on August 13, 2017. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
Behind McMaster's comments on Hezbollah lies new US front against Iran​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Trump administration has moved American focus back to Gulf allies

The AmericasFebruary 18, 2018
A man holds a child after an airstrike in the government-besieged Syrian town of Douma, in the Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, on February 7, 2018. Bassam Khabieh / Reuters
Syrian civilian deaths: 'As awful now as it's ever been'

A surge in fighting and bombing has seen Syria's prospects of peace disintegrate

WorldFebruary 08, 2018
Soldiers carry the coffin of Ahmet Bayram, one of seven Turkish soldiers killed in a single day of fighting against Syrian Kurdish militiamen, during his funeral in Hatay, Turkey, on February 4, 2018. via AP
Turkey's operation in Afrin taking longer than planned

Heavy fighting risks prolonged effort to clear Kurdish militants in northern Syria

February 04, 2018
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