“The second week of massive clashes between protesters and police in Turkey shows the first serious signs to position of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Party of Justice and Development. The situation emerging in the country may become the beginning of the end of the monopoly of Islamists at power. However, I do not think that Erdogan and his government would resign”, - President of the Institute of Middle East Studies Evgeny Satanovsky.

“The conflict in Syria could be heading for regionalization. Hezbollah and Iran seem to be ready and willing to increase their involvement in this military conflict in hope to save the Syrian regime from the eventual collapse. The USA along with a number of regional states is considering the possibility of intervention, or counter – intervention”, – Chairman and Founder of the Gulf Research Center, President of Sager Group Holding, Abdulaziz Sager.

“Iran’s nuclear program is often taken out of context and demonized. We must understand that there is a notable difference between having the breakout capability to build a bomb and having a weapons development program. At the moment, there is no indication that the Iranian leadership has made the decision to build a nuclear weapon. At the same time, in the event of an unprovoked attack on Iran, we can be sure that Tehran would make such a decision,” – Andrey Baklitsky, PIR Center Internet Project Director.