US reaction is harder to understand than Russian motivation in Syria
The reason behind Washington's silence over the latest reports, claiming that Russia's bombings in Syria were not against ISIS troops as Putin claims, but against Syrian moderate groups whose weapons are supplied by the CIA, still remains a mystery.
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US-Russian Relations and Syria
Foes in the Ukrainian crisis, allies in the Iran Nuclear Deal and Syrian conflict: The relations between the U.S. and Russia are the greatest symbols of the paradigm-realism allowing states to look at the world with an ego
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Once Putin realized the added benefits of enmity toward ISIS for Russia's interests, he started making exaggerated anti-ISIS statements to provide enough legitimacy for his country's involvement in the Syrian conflict.
Although it prompts various questions, it is quite clear that China's policy change, in other words its involvement in the Syrian conflict, will do nothing but increase chaos in the region.
Although parties have not yet started to announce their campaigns for the upcoming Nov. 1 elections, political backgrounds, promises and attitudes on PKK terror will be the key factors headlining their agenda.
Mr. Putin is planning to showcase his military's power in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
The AK Party's Mission
The AK Party derived its power from three main sources: First, a discourse of civilization allowed the movement to incorporate various political ideologies into its own platform
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The Cizre Episode and Kurdish Nationalism's Deepening Crisis
The rising tide of PKK violence and the Cizre episode leaves ordinary citizens questioning what the Kurdish community wants.
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Russian involvement in Syria can cause the intensification of the civil war and increase the number of causalities and refugees.
After realizing that joining the anti-Erdoğan bloc with opposition parties would legitimize its presence, the PKK, by doing so, created itself a very large and comfortable zone to easily terrorize
The PKK's presence isn't derived from political conflicts with governments but their deep hatred for the state itself.
The perspective of European countries on human rights and autocratic regimes in the Middle East needs to take a more humanitarian form so as to end the ongoing civil wars.
There's something special about each election cycle, but the November 2015 race will be extraordinary.
Turkey wants to take violence and chaos away from its doors. For this, it supports initiated defensive attacks against the strongholds of both PYD and ISIL.
Muhittin Ataman, SETA Deputy Director, rejecting the criticisms on July 28 told France 24 that Turkey has not supported the civil war in Syria but any movement, or any challenge, against the Bashar al Assad regime.
The AK Party alone has the manpower and resources to lead the ideological fight against extremism in the Middle East.
