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As Virus Spreads in Russia’s Caucasus, Rumors Swirl Over Strongman’s Health
Source:New York Times Date:24May2020
Do you understand that Turkey is surrounded by hotbeds of corona infestation? Official numbers are still low — Chechnya has reported 1,046 cases of the virus and 11 deaths — but
Israeli military says Iran is slowly pulling out of Syria
Source:Yahoo News Date:23May2020
If true, this would be very good news for Turkey’s objectives in Syria The Israeli military described the withdrawal as “a backward movement from various locations to other locations
In Stunning Reversal, Turkey Emerges as Libya Kingmaker
Source:New York Times Date:22May2020
A string of victories by Turkish-backed forces in western Libya this week dealt a heavy blow to the ambitions of the aspiring strongman Khalifa Hifter and signaled the arrival of Turkey as a
Coronavirus in Syria: Bashar al-Assad warns of catastrophe if cases jump
Source:Irish Times Date:06May2020
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has warned that the war-ravaged country could face catastrophe if coronavirus cases exceed the capabilities of the debilitated healthcare system. Arguing
What is behind Erdogan’s coronavirus diplomacy?
Source:Financial Times Date:01May2020
“Turkish national identity has been shaped around the desire to get respect from the west,” she said. “This idea that Turkey’s healthcare sector is better prepared, its manufacturing sector is
LAST MINUTE: Disaster in Afrin
Source:Yahoo News Date:28Apr2020
A fuel tanker exploded Tuesday in an attack on a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkish-backed opposition fighters, killing at least 40 civilians, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said. The ministry
Turkey’s Syrian refugees among hardest hit amid coronavirus pandemic
Source:al Monitor Date:28Apr2020
Civic groups, meanwhile, warn that Syrians, and all refugees in general, have been suffering from further neglect amid the pandemic. According to Can Isal, a lawyer for an Istanbul-based refugee
Turkey’s Erdogan Accused of Playing Politics with Pandemic
Source:Balkan Insight Date:25Apr2020
A ban on city authorities from aiding those worst hit by the economic fallout of COVID-19 is a thinly-disguised attempt to exact revenge for a string of losses in local elections last year,
Turkey’s S-400 delay is about more than just the economy and COVID-19
Source:al Monitor Date:25Apr2020
Yet Turkey’s desperate need for hard currency to salvage its pandemic-hit economy is not the only factor at play. The delay is driven by at least three other factors: namely, Ankara’s shifting
Ankara makes offer to Washington to resolve Russian S-400 dispute
Source:Arab News Date:18Apr2020
Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, Ankara director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, thinks that there is now a window of opportunity for the US and Turkey to first freeze the S-400 problem