Turkey's best bet in Syria is to take advantage of controlled tensions
Joint airstrike by the U.S., France and U.K. after the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons in Douma is a ticket back to the table for the U.S., French and British leaders
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US-Russia tit for tat over Syria damages regional stability
The quarrel between the U.S. and Russian presidents over the Assad regime's recent use of chemical weapons in Ghouta is furthering the chaos in Syria and escalating instability in the entire Middle East
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The Ankara summit, which facilitated closer cooperation between Turkey, Russia and Iran in Syria, fueled two concerns in Western capitals
In the recent past, the foreign policy decision-making mechanism in Washington, D.C. probably has never been this complicated.
The chaotic divergence in the U.S. administration aside, Washington has no complete policy for Syria
Who will control the armed and trained YPG members is a key question that follows the U.S.'s announcement that it intends to withdraw from the region
Could the US withdraw from Syria?
If the U.S. really wants to withdraw from Syria and stop meddling in Middle Eastern politics, it should start by reconsidering the ideological profiles of major policy makers in Washington
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What is next in Syria after Afrin?
Turkey has executed two successful military operations in northern Syria. After Operation Euphrates Shield, Turkish security forces undertook Operation Olive Branch with fewer human losses and less cost.
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Following successful counter terrorism operations in Northern Syria, Turkey resolute to entirely clean all of its borders with Syria and Iraq from terror elements
Washington should find a way to cooperate with Ankara as Trump steps toward creating a more homogeneous and hawkish administration on diplomacy, national security and the economy
It took just 58 days for the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and Free Syrian Army (FSA) to liberate the Afrin city center.
The American invasion of Iraq can be demonstrated as a textbook example of how to kill a state and destroy a population, if not a nation.
The U.S. should have realised that Turkey was not bluffing about clearing its border from all terrorist elements
Under a new counter-terrorism policy, Turkey is committed to neutralizing national security threats in Syria and Iraq whether European leaders like it or not
After the Arab revolutions and insurgencies started, all strong republican regimes, which were known as the main carriers of Arab nationalism, collapsed.
As Turkish-U.S relations have been passing through a difficult period, U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week that he fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and nominated CIA Director Mike Pompeo via his Twitter account.
The first thing Pompeo needs to do in office as the new secretary of state is to look for ways to win the U.S. allies', particularly Turkey's, trust back
U.S. President Donald Trump made headlines this week by dismissing and appointing senior members of his administration.
It must have been about 6 months now since a Western colleague of mine told me that Turkey's foreign policy had gotten much more aggressive and that he found this odd.
The storm of polarization in the Middle East looks far from an end. At this point, the various players are not even trying to hide their true intentions, which used to be kept to themselves or in private circles.
Operation Olive Branch has already changed many balances in Syria, but its most remarkable impact is certainly on the future of Turkish-U.S. cooperation
