by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | May 21, 2015 | Monitor
Background First established in 1992, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency Directorate (TIKA) projects span 5 continents (TIKA). Countries with “shared cultured and geography” are recognized as official priorities Priority Interest Areas include...
by Philip Rossetti | Mar 24, 2015 | Monitor
Water security is an increasing concern for the Middle East, a region already starting to feel the most serious effects that water insecurity. In recognition of this, Jordan hosted an international conference with a goal of to suppressing the use of water as a tool of...
by Tanya Somanader | Feb 19, 2015 | Monitor
"I witnessed horrible crimes committed by ISIS. It's not a revolution or jihad … it's slaughter … I was shocked by what I did. This isn't what we came for, to kill other Muslims. I'm 28 — is this the only future...
by Tanya Somanader | Feb 12, 2015 | Monitor
Watch on YouTube Right now, America’s armed forces are working with some 60 nations to degrade and destroy ISIL, a terrorist group that has committed countless barbaric atrocities and poses a grave threat to the people and territorial integrity of Iraq and...
by David Hudson | Jan 29, 2015 | Monitor
President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff participate in an Armed Forces farewell in honor of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Fort Myer, Va., Jan. 28,...