Kurds
Turkish Strategy In Northern Syria: Military Operations, Turkish-backed Groups And Idlib...
15.09.2018
In order to understand Turkey’s approach toward the conflict in Syria, one first needs to explain the military situation there as of September 2018.
There...
With Isis Defeated, Trump Is Now Targeting Iran
By Patrick Cockburn
September 28, 2018
The shadowy figures of Kurdish fighters can be just made out on film as they ambush and kill three pro-Turkish...
Erdogan’s chief advisor on US presence in Syria
U.S. presence in Syria is not legal - Erdoğan’s chief advisor
Sep 20 2018
The United States is in Syria as an occupation force, and its...
Putin & Erdogan agree Idlib buffer zone to avert new Syria...
17 Sep, 2018
Russia and Turkey have agreed a “demilitarized zone” between militants and government troops in Syria’s Idlib, President Vladimir Putin said after hours-long...
Turkey’s Erdogan gets no love from Russia on Idlib
By Amberin Zaman
September 7, 2018
A critical summit between the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey to find common ground on Syria’s rebel-held...
Reports: Syrian Army Preparing Offensive Against Rebel-Held Idlib
Reports: Syrian Army Preparing Offensive Against Rebel-Held Idlib
By Jason Ditz
Posted on August 29, 2018
Reports out of Syria suggest that the Syrian Army is...
Berlin Softens Tone on Turkey
Germany has gone soft on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since he became the subject of attacks by U.S. President Donald Trump. Leaders in...
A US trade war with Turkey over a little known pastor?...
Erdogan’s real crimes are buying the Russian S-400 missile system for Turkey, refusing to accept US support for America’s Kurdish YPG allies and allowing Islamist fighters to pour over Turkey’s...
Turkey fears Kurds’ reconciliation with Assad
By Steve Sweeney
August 2, 2018
TURKEY’S intelligence agency and a major Iraqi Kurdish party are believed to have held joint talks with Syrian officials on...
What Erdogan’s Big Victory in Turkish Elections Means
By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
25.06.2018
Democratic elections often produce strange outcomes. India’s present government won just 31% of the votes polled in the 2019 parliamentary poll, which...