Dangerous scramble on horizon for key Syrian city of Manbij

Source:The Independent Date:15Oct2019

New twist in Operation Peace Spring:  Turkish and Damascus forces moving dangerously close!   Video distributed online appeared to show scenes of Syrian regime forces on the move, heading

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Erdoğan chides Bolton and calls on US to hand over Syria bases

Source:The Guardian Date:09Jan2019

This is the critical request: Turkey has asked Washington to hand over its bases in Syria as the Trump administration appeared to reverse plans to withdraw from the country’s north-east on

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SYRIAN REGIME, TURKEY, MANEUVER TO TAKE KEY SYRIAN CITY AS U.S. WITHDRAWS

Source:Jerusalem Post Date:30Dec2018

Confusion surrounds the city of Manbij, a critical crossing point coveted by Turkey and assad, currently controlled by SDF, or pro-PKK Kurdish PYD-YPG militia.   While Russian and Syrian accounts

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Turkey says the US just agreed to more of its demands as Ankara sees expanded power in Syria

Source:CNBC.com Date:25Dec2018

When it rains it pours:  President Donald Trump’s administration may have just handed Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan another win. Less than a week after Trump’s abrupt

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US-Turkey relations remain troubled despite G20 meetings

Source:Arab News Date:03Dec2018

US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan met twice on the sidelines of the G20 summit at the weekend. The meetings are a good sign that progress is being made in

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Kurdish Ambitions Test Turkey’s Uneasy Peace With U.S.

Source:Bloomberg Date:29Nov2018

Will Ankara dare to disrupt the fragile  equilibrium in Syria  before March 2019 local elections?   Turkey says its military is confronting another attempt to redraw the region’s maps. It

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Turkey’s trigger finger grows itchy over US-Kurd relations

Source:al Monitor Date:21Nov2018

At the moment, however, Turkey’s best commando, armor and special forces elements are engaged in numerous operations: inside Turkey, in northern Iraq, in the northwest Syrian territory it

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With Brunson out of jail, US-Turkey relations still face two major hurdles

Source:Middle East Eye Date:13Oct2018

Turkey and US:  The bluster and reality on the field:   A Turkish security official told MEE that, in the short term, there are no plans for any operations in the area, where around 2,000 US

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Kurds crucial to Turkey-US cooperation in Syria

Source:Arab News Date:10Sep2018

Despite these legitimate worries, Turkey has to understand that the Kurdish cause will evolve steadily, even if it disturbs Ankara.   The emergence of a Kurdish entity in the north of Syria

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THE ROADMAP TO NOWHERE: MANBIJ, TURKEY, AND AMERICA’S DILEMMA IN SYRIA

Source:War on the rocks Date:30Jun2018

Excellent analysis by Aarıon Stein about the importance or the lack thereof  of the Manbij agreement between USA and Turkey. “Tactics without a strategy” comments  Stein, arguing that

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