Will Erdogan let go if he loses this election?
If President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins another six-year term in Turkey’s elections for president and parliament on Sunday, June 24
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Erdogan abuses Israel as a distraction from the plummeting Turkish lira
Turkish President called Israel a terrorist state on Tuesday, May 15, the day that the lira plunged to its lowest
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The US liquidates its two main Mid East air bases at Incirlik and Al-Udeid
Plans to speed up the transfer of the big US CENTCOM base in Qatar to Saudi Arabia were approved by
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Quarter million new Syrian refugees. Turks take Afrin city. Al Ghouta about to fall to Assad
The Turkish army and its surrogates took control on Sunday March 18 of the Kurdish Afrin City in northern Syria,
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Trump, Putin, Netanyahu try to back away from a violent clash in Syria
The US, Russian and Israeli leaders tried toning down their saber-rattling over the weekend – especially regarding Iran – even
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Putin calls summit to disentangle his allies’ conflicting Syrian agendas
The “wall” Trump has built in Syria presents Russia, Iran and Turkey with a high obstacle. The coming DEBKA Weekly
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Erdogan holds back on threatened conquest of Afrin, goes for Manjib
The Turkish president has told Trump and Putin he would not seize N. Syrian Afrin from the Kurds after insignificant
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Kurdish militia repels Turkish Afrin invasion amid continuing Turkish air blitz
Russian forces did not interfere when 72 Turkish jets Saturday night pounded 100 Kurdish YPG targets in the north Syrian
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Turkish air strikes against Afrin Kurds. Assad opens roads to Kurdish reinforcements
Russian and American army chiefs conferred urgently Saturday, Jan. 20, about Turkey’s escalating assault on Kurdish Afrin in N. Syria.
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Trump-Putin understanding on Syria on eve of US national security speech
In a new bilateral deal, the US and Russian presidents are teaming up to fight ISIS in E. Syria and
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