How Realistic Is It to Go Retro in Turkey-Syria Relations?
Compelling factors and actors push Turkey and Syria into a rapprochement course, but the facts on the ground may impede…
Compelling factors and actors push Turkey and Syria into a rapprochement course, but the facts on the ground may impede…
As northern Syria becomes safer, Syrian refugees voluntarily returning to their homes become more likely.
“The western media portray all Kurds supporting the PYD. But Kurds are diverse. There are different parties, independent politicians, leftists,…
Greece and Cyprus have taken a pro Assad stance to disturb Turkey, which has expanded its geopolitical prowess not only…
Time will show whether a second “Damascus Declaration” will be pursued as the Gulf countries come closer to Damascus and…
There is good news. Mercenaries are as old as war, yet the world did not devolve into anarchy, as is…
The final meeting of the summit was interestingly broadcasted live so that the participating nations could raise their position publicly…
The Syrian Civil War, which has been raging for more than seven years, is entering a new phase, as the…
Kids bully, fight, and cause problems if they are not restrained or incentivized by their parents. All this mess in…
If the regime and Russian military campaign goes beyond a limited military intervention and turns into a full-scale military assault…
Turkey will remain a major stakeholder in northern Syria and any political agreement for the future of Syria will have…
The YPG-dominated SDF may become frightened of how reliable their patron really is. It can be stated that the fear…
President Macron might have convinced Trump to reconsider pulling U.S. troops out of Syria “too soon” but the central disconnect…
It’s a bit strange that Germany has positioned itself within the circle of militarily powerful Western circles in the form…
President Trump has also given the message that he wants a U.S. pullout of Syria. Multiple priorities and conflicting rhetoric…
April 2018 strikes gave the message to Assad that the volume of strikes will increase if he uses chemical attacks…
If Trump chooses the “minimum strike” option by targeting more than one place including aircraft bases, ammunition stores and command…
The international community has reassured Assad that he may be punished for it but using chemical weapons will not spell…
Among such diverging priorities, Turkey, Iran and Russia will need to give each other benefit of the doubt rather than…
While combat begins to ease, the military makeup of the Astana Process may begin to resemble one of political dialogue…
Israel will continue its precision airstrikes in Syria and increase its focus on the Israel-Syria border as well as its…
Cavusoglu criticized the Trump administration in their stance towards FETO, urging the U.S. to see the “true color” of the…
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