The coming proxy wars between Turkey and Saudi Arabia

Source:Brandeis Now Date:07Sep2019

  One of the very few articles I could find explaining the tensions between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. It will hurt both sides, benefiting Iran.   Henry J. Leir Professor of the Economics

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Senate brakes on Trump do not signal gains for Turkey

Source:Ahval News Date:04Dec2018

Erdoğan has gained as much politically from the Khashoggi case as possible, but now that heinous crime is becoming a deeply regretted tragedy in the past, not a current cause for a strong

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Erdogan didn’t get all he hoped in Khashoggi case but he got a lot

Source:The Sydney Morning Herald Date:24Nov2018

“He is standing with the overwhelming majority of people in the Arab world,” said Asli Aydintasbas, a senior fellow with the European Council for Foreign Relations. “People are

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Explosive New Report Says CIA Has Taped Recording Of Saudi Crown Prince Ordering Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing

Source:Inquistr Date:23Nov2018

According to Haaretz, Hurriyet newspaper journalist Abdulkadir Selvi wrote in a column that the CIA has in its possession a phone call recording between Mohammed bin Salman and his brother and

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To ease Turkish pressure on Saudis over killing, White House weighs expelling Erdogan foe

Source:NBC News Date:16Nov2018

This is major:  White House wants to swap Fethullah Gulen for Erdogan’s silence on Khashoggi murder.   The White House is looking for ways to remove an enemy of Turkish President Recep

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Despite Stigma of Khashoggi Killing, Crown Prince Is Seen as Retaining Power

Source:New York Times Date:04Nov2018

A month after the killing of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, the growing international consensus that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind it has done almost nothing to weaken his

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