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Mike Pompeo assures strict approach to Iran says ‘still have options to counter Iran’

  As the secretary of state Mike Pompeo became the first top US official to ever visit Israeli settlements in West Banks and Golan Heights, there were major announcements from his end representing the Trump administration that he made while on the trip.   The time to make exit from the White House nears for Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump and just a few weeks before it, the US administration is taking a few major calls on issues related to Israel and Iran. After wrapping up his tour of Israel Pompeo spoke to the Jerusalem Post where he talked about steps the US will take on matters related to Iran.   The top US diplomat assured that they still have a lot of measures to counter Iran anti-terrorism activities in the middle east region. He confidently asserted in the interview to the news organization saying that the present administration has been very clear on its stand and that there is no reason that it will change in coming years.   He furth...

Turkey keeps the diplomatic game string with agreeing to support whoever wins elections

  The United States is yet to announce its President ahead of the official number being released, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has extended support to whichever candidate wins the elections. Two of the Turkish officials on Friday confirmed that despite Erdogan’s friendship with the current president Donald Trump, they will extend their cooperation in working with whoever is elected. “Regardless of which candidate takes office in the US, we will pursue a sincere approach to improve our relations,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.   There have been a few changes in the relationship between the NATO allies--Turkey and the US. There have been some disagreements between the two while discussing policies and actions in Syria. Last few years have also seen closer ties between Russia and Turkey especially when it comes to supporting rebel groups in war torn countries of Syria and Libya. Turkey officials said that they have experience in working with both democr...

E-mail exchanges between Clinton and Qatar reveal latter’s role in destruction of Arab world

During the United States presidential election, a lot of suspicious foreign finding exchange was seen between the democrat candidate, Hilary Clinton and Qatar. Several emails were revealed in media reports which clearly established a close connection between the former US Secretary of State and Qatari Al-Jazeera TV network.   These emails came into public view when the current president, Donald Trump, decided to declassify all the emails that were exchanged using a private server for government purposes. This became even more doubtful because it was unclear why would a position holder in the then administration, use private servers for any purpose.   But on investigation, it became evident that Qatar had a major role in the destruction of the Arab world where it chose to fund and support Arab spring despite the outrage.   In one such e-mail, a former US secretary was found requesting the Qatari regime to fund Arab Spring revolution using an account dedicated to the Cli...