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Turkey is short of military strength to achieve Erdogan’s ambitious goals in Syria

Oct 12, 2019 @ 16:31Oct 12, 2019 @ 16:54 Diane Shalem 1288 Views 60 Comments Donald Trump, Erdogan, Kobani, Ras al-Ayn, sanctions, SDF

The Turkish push into northeastern Syria started with the aim of conquering three border towns, Ras al-Ayn, Tel Abyad and

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Erdogan to stage anti-Semitic show trial of Kurds charged as “US and Israel terror agents”

Feb 3, 2019 @ 18:42Feb 9, 2019 @ 11:26 Diane Shalem 4303 Views Erdogan, Israel, Kurds, Turkish intelligence MIT, US

Turkey’s MIT this week arrested Dawud Baghestani, Chairman of the Israeli-Kurdish Friendship Association and editor of the Israel-Kurd Magazine with

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Erdogan calls for joint Turkish-Russian-Iranian control of US pullout from Syria in face of Moscow’s veto

Jan 9, 2019 @ 19:54Jan 19, 2019 @ 11:46 Diane Shalem 5886 Views Erdogan, John Bolton, Kurds, northeast Syria, Russia, Vladimir Putin

Like Washington, Moscow is averse to the Turkish army moving into northern Syrian Kurdish lands after the Americans leave. Yet

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Fresh Turkish-US crisis: Erdogan refuses to see visiting US adviser, again threatens Kurds

Jan 8, 2019 @ 13:54Jan 19, 2019 @ 11:48 Diane Shalem 4492 Views Erdogan, John Bolton, Kurds, Syria, US withdrawal from Syria

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waited for John Bolton, US national security adviser, to land in Ankara on Tuesday, Jan 8,

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Scrap over Manbij opens door for Russia and Assad’s troops to take control of NE. Syria

Dec 28, 2018 @ 19:38Jan 2, 2019 @ 13:01 Diane Shalem 5553 Views Bashar Assad, Erdogan, Euphrates, Kurds, Manbij, northeastern Syria, UAE

One of Bashar Assad’s best weeks in years – and one of Tayyip Erdogan’s worst – peaked on Friday, Dec.

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Trump names new Defense Secretary, outplays Erdogan’s bluster for marching on Syrian Kurds

Dec 23, 2018 @ 22:50Dec 26, 2018 @ 17:15 Diane Shalem 5308 Views Donald Trump, Erdogan, Patrick Shanahan, US pullout from Syria.

President Donald Trump on Sunday, Dec. 23 named Dep Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan as Defense Secretary as of Jan.

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The US will still “maintain a presence” after troop pullout from NE Syria

Dec 22, 2018 @ 12:10Dec 26, 2018 @ 17:16 Diane Shalem 5040 Views Erdogan, Iraqi army, Israel-Russia, S-300, Syrian Kurds, Turkish army in Syria, US troop pullout from Syra

Following the backlash from President Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from NE Syria, senior administration officials Friday night, Dec.

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The IDF must cut short tunnel operation, get set for repercussions from Trump’s stunning Syria withdrawal

Dec 20, 2018 @ 9:22Dec 26, 2018 @ 17:18 Diane Shalem 6062 Views Binyamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Erdogan, IDF, US Syria pullout, Vladimir Putin

Israel’s leaders – government, military and intelligence – were dumbfounded by US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull US troops

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MbS fingered again for the Khashoggi murder to undermine him ahead of the G20 Buenos Aires summit

Nov 20, 2018 @ 18:59Nov 29, 2018 @ 9:47 Diane Shalem 3606 Views Erdogan, G-20 in Buenos Aires, Khashoggi murder, Saudi Crown Prince MbS

After a short lull, a third wave of derogatory reports in the US, Turkey, and West Europe again put the

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Erdogan’s “Khashoggi speech” is meant to boost his Muslim credentials (and Turkish lira)

Oct 23, 2018 @ 14:48Nov 2, 2018 @ 12:20 Diane Shalem 5541 Views Erdogan, Khashoggi affair, King Salman, Saudi Arabia

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan withheld the promised “naked truth” about the Saudi role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at

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