Turkey’s Difficult Dance with Russia in Syria
Weaknesses and inconsistencies in Turkish strategy leave it exposed to Russian objectives in the Syrian civil conflict. In November 2015, a Turkish F16 fighter jet…
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U.S. Strikes Killed Scores of Russian Fighters in Syria, Sources Say
U.S. forces killed scores of Russian contract soldiers in Syria last week in what may be the deadliest clash between citizens of the former foes…
Turkey Is Out of Control. Time for the U.S. to Say So.
Following Turkey’s incursion into Syria, the once unthinkable prospect of a direct clash between Turkish and American soldiers has become alarmingly real. Turkey’s current fight,…
Pentagon budget retains same troop levels in Iraq, Syria
The Pentagon released a budget blueprint today that calls for retaining some 6,000 US troops in Iraq and Syria, even as the Islamic State (IS)…
BP and partners invested $69B in Azerbaijan’s economy
BP and its partners invested $69 billion in Azerbaijan’s economy during 25 years, BP-Azerbaijan Vice-President Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli said at the “Taxes. Transparency. Development” conference. According…
Israel accuses Turkey of aiding Hamas
Israel on Monday accused Turkey of helping the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to gain in military strength, following its arrest and deportation of a Turkish…
ISIS’s Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is ‘alive but wounded’ in Syria hideout
An Iraqi interior ministry official said ISIS’s head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is alive and being treated at a field hospital in Syria after being wounded…
Israel Air Force says seized Iranian drone is a knockoff of US Sentinel
TEL AVIV, Israel — A senior Israeli Air Force officer told reporters Monday that the Iranian drone it intercepted over the weekend was a “copy” of…
Trump Tells Putin ‘Now Is Time’ To Work For Israeli-Palestinian Peace
U.S. President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that “now is the time to work toward an enduring peace” between Israel and the…
How Europe Lost Turkey
A clumsy European Union has repeatedly gotten its policy toward Turkey wrong, often inadvertently helping President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at key points during his rise….