Protests in Jordan and Future Challenges for King Abdullah
Despite the conflicts in neighboring regions such as Syria, Iraq and Palestine, Jordan is known for its relatively stable political and economic structure.
The YPG’s Child Recruits: An Accustomed Human Rights Abuse?
In an interview published in the website of Kurd Watch, Nurman Ibrahim Khalifa, who was abducted and conscripted by the PYD in 2014 as he was 13 years old, stated that a great number of children kept at the Iraqi Kurdistan camps were severely punished due to their attempts to escape, adding that a woman who was recruited as a child was killed before the eyes of people and her body was thrown into a lake after she was caught in her eighth attempt to escape when she was 18.
What if the US and Turkey Agree on Manbij?
This terror corridor was planned to span from northern parts of Iraq, going along the Turkish border, up until the Mediterranean Sea.
The Decline of Diplomacy: How Trump is Destroying the Middle East
interests in Syria and Iraq.
Uninvited Guests of the Inhospitable Sea
5 million registered Syrian refugees, also hosts many Afghan, Iranian and Iraqi migrants on the status of international protection.
Rising Tensions Between Iran and its Rivals: What Comes Next?
During the past three years, the main aim of Saudi Arabia was to prevent Iranian expansion into Yemen and other countries in the region such as Lebanon, Iraq and Syria.
Freedom of Religion as a Pre-condition?
But who are these “Muslims?” And do they have a special status according to the German constitution or do they need special treatment? Does Article 4 of the German constitution (freedom of faith, conscience, and creed) not protect Muslim rights as much as it does Christian rights? Do Muslims need a tolerance range due to a constitutional lack? Or, does Kauder just mean the (approximately 3 million) Turkish Muslim population who are living in Germany or the 1 million Syrian refugees or even other German Muslim groups with a background from Morocco, Lebanon, Bosnia, Iran, Iraq etc.
Macron Tries to Nudge Trump on Syria Policy
President Trump benefited during the presidential campaign from a strong critique of the Iraq war and a harsh rhetoric on Daesh.
The PKK’s Exploitation of Women: Assumptions vs. Realities
In late 1984 (or early 1985), Saime Askin, a senior female member and harsh critic of sexual abuse in PKK ranks, faced execution in the group’s Lolan camp based in Iraq.
What are Strategies of the Political Opposition in Snap Elections?
President Erdogan emphasized that Turkey needs to hold snap elections in order to overcome uncertainties arising from the cross-border counter-terror operations in Iraq and Syria and the crisis in neighboring countries.
What Does the Snap Election Mean for Turkish Foreign Policy?
The strategic reasons behind the early election decision are multidimensional and it may influence current Turkish foreign and security policies.…
Pentagon dismisses Trump’s “rumours” of an exit from Syria
While President Trump’s remarks have been contradictory, it seems the military leaders with experience in the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan hope to stay with suggestions of their being a ‘robust post-conflict’ agenda.
Does Pentagon’s 2019 Budget Deny Trump’s Latest Syria Statement?
projection to stay long, the Justification for Fiscal Year 2019 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Train and Equip Fund (CTEF) foresees the U.
What does US Withdrawal from Syria Mean for Turkey?
The Obama administration made a similar mistake in Iraq in 2011, with a post-American Iraq easily slipping into Iran’s hands.
Ankara Summit: Discussing Divergent Scenarios in Syria
This way Iran seeks to have a contiguous sphere of control from Iran to Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
Turco-Qatari Military Buildup and its Regional Impact
Although Turkey had several military bases in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia, there was no naval base for Turkish frigates and vessels to utilize as a hub in patrolling overseas.
What “America First” May Mean for the Middle East
Many foreign policy analysts have questioned the wisdom of withdrawing from Iraq prematurely and not intervening in Syria early in the conflict.
The PKK and its Complicated Future
Fourthly, Turkey’s strong political decisiveness to carry out its counter-terrorism campaign against PKK presence in Iraq’s Sinjar destabilized the PKK’s project to consolidate its power in Northern Iraq.
Turkey in the Aftermath of the Afrin Operation
For Turkey, the PKK has to be cleaned off from the areas it currently holds in Iraq and Syria.
How will Turkey carry out its Military Campaign beyond Afrin?
Upon the liberation of Afrin city, with the surprisingly little resistance by the PKK, Turkey is now reconsidering its military and political options to minimize the PKK’s role in the midterm, and de-territorialize the PKK and YPG in Syria and Iraq.
