urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote an op-ed for The New York Times, outlining Turkey’s Syria strategy, what it has aimed and achieved so far, and what it can do more.
As the Syrian crisis is extremely profound, it created an operational burden for us and we had to change our plans and activities in consideration of this.
The emergence of Daesh and other similar groups in Syria, Iraq, Libya, and Yemen, and their engagement in violent activities compelled the people to change their approach and attitude towards these groups.
decision to pull out of Syria and stop supporting the PKK’s Syrian offshoot PYD, it seems like 2019 will have better news for Turkey with a prospective of wiping the PKK off its boundaries altogether.
withdrawal from Syria, and Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel are among the events that will have their effects on the Middle East in 2019.
” In his answer to a question on whether it was necessary to start a dialogue with the Assad regime in order to maintain Syria’s geographical integrity and to limit the influence of the YPG/PKK, Bahceli answered, “I’m against any type of dialogue with the Assad regime as a thought.
peaking at the 18th Doha Forum in Qatar yesterday, Cavusoglu responded to a question on whether or not Turkey will accept a Syria with Assad in the future.
It can be stated that Iran’s utilization of paramilitary groups and its military presence in Iraq and Syria can be regarded as “normal” due to Tehran having a higher soft power capacity than Turkey.
President Erdogan met with President Trump on the sidelines to discuss the status of northern Syria, which has critical national security implications for Turkey.
As a result of the waves of refugees that were caused by the Syrian Civil War and especially Merkel's "We will manage" principle and open door policies, the public no longer refers to a "refugee problem" but a "refugee crisis.