Even if competition is more than likely to continue, reconciliation between Qatar and the Saudi bloc can incentivize the parties to limit the scope of their rivalry to avoid another intra-Gulf rupture.
An interesting aspect of Pompeo’s recent visit to the Middle East is that he prefers to hold separate meetings with…
Developments on the ground in Idlib and a bigger HTS presence will have serious implications for the international context and…
Although the withdrawal remains unclear, the road-map for Turkey is clear. Firstly, as President Erdoğan proposed in his piece, Turkey…
Erdogan states that Turkey can defeat (and has already defeated) Daesh militarily and, further, it is capable of preventing grievances…
Egyptian media outlet Mada Masr argued that due to the fear of domestic reactions, the Egyptian government ordered media channels…
From entering similar jolts in the past to losing its popularity in contemporary times, to facing the deepest crisis in…
French President Emmanuel Macron took his stance in the White House-Pentagon conflict, praising James Mattis, who resigned from his position…
With the recent U.S. decision to pull out of Syria and stop supporting the PKK’s Syrian offshoot PYD, it seems…
The legacy of 2018 will be clearly visible during the following year. There would be serious consequences as a result…
Trump’s decision brought many opportunities to repair especially the U.S.’s wrong strategy of working with a terrorist organization to fight…
If the U.S., one way or another, wants to dictate the terms of filling in the vacuum it will leave,…
The U.S., sooner or later, has to find a way to do business in Eastern Syria without the PKK. This…
Turkey’s strategic objective is clear: to de-territorialize the YPG/PYD alongside its Syrian border, fix relations with the U.S. in Syria…
The U.S. balancing act between supporting the PYD and providing reassurances to Turkey to be able to cooperate on the…
Iran not only transformed into a purely ideological and sectarian state, it has also become the global religious and spiritual…
If the PUK works with Turkey in the latter’s campaign to terminate the PKK in Iraq, in return, the PUK…
While some media outlets reported efforts in Syria as “internal fighting among Turkey-backed groups,” in reality, there was a “clean…
Turkey is revolutionizing its counter-terrorism strategy not only against the PKK in Turkey but also against other terrorist organizations in…
