U.S. Tried and Failed to Stave Off Iraq’s Advance on the Kurds
The U.S. nearly brokered a deal last weekend to avert the current crisis over the disputed city of Kirkuk, where Iraqi forces and some Iranian-supported…
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Here’s How to Pull Turkey Back From the Brink
Since its founding nearly a century ago, Turkey’s foreign policy goal has been summed up in a simple phrase: “No problems with our neighbors.” But…
The Iran Business Ties Trump Didn’t Disclose
Last week, in what the White House billed as a major foreign-policy speech, Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. He unveiled a new…
Turkey, Iran ‘glad’ to work together to support Iraq’s territorial integrity
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey and Iran have pledged to take “necessary steps” and to stand together against violations of the territorial integrity of Iraq….
In Turkish move into Syria, a sign of how Russia is shaping the country
OCTOBER 19, 2017 BASEL, SWITZERLAND—For most of the Syrian civil war, there have been two constants of Turkish policy: support for opposition forces seeking the…
America Is in Denial About Iraq
Well, that didn’t take long. The last pockets of the Islamic State in Iraq have still not been recaptured, and already the country’s sectarian divisions…
Kurds fearful and angry after Iraqi forces take Kirkuk
As the sun lowers over Kirkuk, crowds of young Arabs and Turkmen take to the streets waving Iraqi flags, dancing and honking car horns in…
Turkey’s top diplomat won’t buckle to US ‘impositions’
Turkey won’t buckle under U.S. “impositions,” its foreign minister said Wednesday as officials from both countries met to try to resolve a diplomatic dispute that resulted…
Exclusive: Elite Syrian Army units move from central Syria to Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 P.M.) – Two large brigades from the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) elite 4th Mechanized Division are being redeployed from central Syria to…
Turkey-Europe locked in war of words as EU summit opens
Tensions with Turkey will be high on the agenda of the European Union summit this weekend, amid calls within the bloc to freeze relations. Turkish…