Israel Elections: Why targeting Turkey is an Electoral Strategy for Likud?
Furthermore, Iraq and Lebanon were also affected by the Israeli attacks, while attacks on Syria continued.
Turkey and Iran’s Approach to the YPG: A New Overlap of Interests?
These developments coupled with Israel's increasing attacks on Syria and Iraq, have played a role in reestablishing Israel, the US and their Syrian partners like the YPG, as the main threat to both the Syrian regime and Iran, rather than the Syrian opposition.
YPG’s Retaliation Against the Press: Kurdistan 24 Case
This step is also noteworthy since it comes after growing tensions between the KRG in Iraq and the PKK.
Is the UAE Changing its Strategy Toward Iran?
In addition to that, while Tehran’s influence over Iraq has grown to an unexpected level, Iran continued to keep good relations with countries like Turkey and Qatar.
Turkey-Saudi Rivalry: Conflicting Visions for a Future Middle East
It involves the Shiite-Sunni war being fought in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Gulf, as well as a parallel Sunni-Sunni conflict involving Turkey, Saudi Arabia and political Islamic forces to control and dominate the politics of Sunni Islam.
What Will Happen to Turkish Observation Posts in Idlib?
The withdrawal from a Turkish observation point would mark a precedent affecting the entire Turkish deterrence strategy, which is important to Turkish foreign policy from the Eastern Mediterranean to northern Iraq.
Operation Claw: Strategy, Scope and Goals
he Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) introduced geographical depth and diversification to its military operations against terror by initiating Operation Claw against elements of the PKK in the Hakurk area in northern Iraq on May 27, 2019.
US Finally Appoints Envoy to Turkey: Can Satterfield Repair the Relationship?
Satterfield played a crucial role in the Middle East after the September 11 attacks and invasion of Iraq, acting as Deputy Assistant Secretary until 2004 and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs until May 2005.
Why Turkey Needed S-400 Missile System
During the 1991 Gulf War, it turned out that Turkey did not have the means to protect itself from Iraq’s Scud missile systems, which had limited media coverage at the time.
The Washington Post drops Journalism to a new low
The main goal of the organization is to occupy the eastern and southeastern parts of the Anatolia Region of Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq on the lines of revolutionary Marxist-Leninist ideology and separatist ethno-nationalist principles, calling for Kurds to establish an independent state in the region.
Is Drowning Immigrants the EU’s New Strategy?
Jordan homes close to 800,000 both Iraqi and Syrian refugees.
Peace to Prosperity or Peace for Jared Kushner?
In addition to the host Bahrain, a number of other Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Qatar, Morocco, and Egypt participated in the summit, while Iraq and Lebanon opposed the meeting.
The US Needs to Re-engage with the Syrian Opposition
3 billion until June 30, 2017, but now the organization is re-grouping underground and conducting several attacks in Syria and Iraq.
Turkey’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Operation Claw
Since 2015, taking Operation Olive Branch in Afrin for example, domestic operations to contain the PKK’s urban and rural mobilization in Turkey, as well as Operation Decisiveness and Operation Claw in Iraq, Turkish security forces neutralized more than 15 thousand PKK terrorists in Turkey, Northern Iraq and Syria in total.
Media is the Message Now: An Interview with Dr. Hakkı Öcal on Foreign Media Outlets in Turkey
All major American and British media companies and government corporations had all of a sudden started their Kurdish broadcasts and publications in print in Iraq.
Past and Present of the Saudi Arabia-Israel Alliance
invasion of Iraq in 2001 reshuffled the power balances in the region in favor of Iran, which caused a growing competition between Saudi Arabia and Iran and intensified the security and intelligence cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
We Live in a Chaotic Matrix of Perceptions: An Interview with Ali Saydam
done in Iraq; started a war in which more than 1 million Iraqis died.
Why Turkey is Complying with the Iran Sanctions
officials, sending additional troops to the region and mediation attempts made by Iraqi officials, the tension has been settled to a great extent.
Iran Sanctions: A Year On
, Kuwait, Iraq, the UAE, and Russia in 2018 increased by more than 50 percent compared to the previous year due to Iran sanctions.
US-Turkey Relations in the Trump Era: A Turkish Perspective
The strong belief in Turkey that Washington covertly supported the PKK especially after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, peaked with the Trump administration’s supply of weapons to the YPG and consideration of the YPG as a legitimate and efficient fighter against the DAESH.
