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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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