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The Syrian Kurds Are In Erdogan’s Crosshairs
The siege of Kobani from September 2014 until January 2015 and its heroic defense by Kurdish forces in northern Syria was the turning point in the war against the Islamic...
The Future of Syria’s Kurds
As Syrians celebrate the end of the tyrannical regime of Bashar al-Assad, the war-weary Syrian state faces a combustible set of challenges to its political, security, and territorial governance. Hayat...
Turkey is the Hole in the Western Security Bucket
Because of its recent equivocation about Sweden’s membership in NATO, doubt has arisen about Turkey’s commitment to the organization’s principles and aims. January’s paper by the International Working Group on...
Why the United States Should Leave Syria
The Iranian drone strike against the American military base in northern Syria that killed one American contractor and wounded six servicemen has once again called into question the purpose of...
‘Enough Is Enough’: What Blinken Should Tell Turkey’s Cavusoglu
Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is expected to visit Washington in mid-January, in what is expected to be major push by Ankara to realize much-desired policy goals. Expectations should be...
Turkey Must Prepare for a Post-Erdogan Future
Every democrat wakes each morning knowing when his term in office ends. Every dictator must wake up knowing that today could be his last. No one knows how or when...
The Istanbul Terror Attack Is More Than It Seems
The question of who is responsible for the terrorist attack in Istanbul’s Taksim Square is becoming murkier by the day. What is increasingly clear is that the Turkish government is...
Who Was Really Behind the Istanbul Bombing?
Sunday’s explosion on Istanbul’s busiest thoroughfare, Istiklal Caddesi, which killed six and injured eighty-one, was sudden and horrible. A good Turkish friend of mine, a former tank commander, texted me...
Turkey Blames Kurdish Secessionists for Istanbul Terror Attack
Turkey’s interior ministry announced early on Monday that it had arrested more than forty people suspected of involvement in the bombing of a central street in Istanbul the previous day....
Turkey Outlines Conditions for Swedish NATO Accession
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday that his government had formally requested that Sweden work towards countering “terrorism” as a precondition to Ankara’s approval of its request to...
Tensions Flare After Turkish Forces Killed Fighting PKK in Iraq
The Turkish Defense Ministry announced on Monday that four Turkish soldiers had been killed during a military operation in northern Iraq—a sign of growing hostility between Ankara and Kurdish forces...
Is Turkey on the Brink of a New Syrian Military Operation?
At a time when the international community is largely preoccupied with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Turkey is once again bringing to the fore the likelihood of a military assault...