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US search for Syrian solution ignores Turks

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TURKEY/US

He was denying a Syrian complaint to the UN that Turkish soldiers were among about 100 fighters allowed to cross into Syria on February 13. Turkish artillery has pounded targets…

EU moves will not stop Turkey prospecting off Cyprus

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EU/TURKEY/CYPRUS

Mitsotakis has chosen Cyprus for his first trip abroad two weeks after the EU announced sanctions against Turkey over prospecting operations in disputed parts of the seabed off…

Influencing Iraq and Syria will have costs for Turkey

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TURKEY

Turkey's attempts to expand its military role in both Iraq and Syria are entangled with major shifts in its relations with the United States and Russia, and in its overall…

Turkish zone will push back 'Islamic State' in Syria

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SYRIA

Turkey carried out its first airstrikes inside Syria on July 24, almost a year after the start of the US-led campaign against ISG. However, critics claim that Turkey is simply…

Instability will prompt new NATO maritime posture

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NATO

NATO's maritime posture.

Iraq’s disputed Sinjar will be a long-term flashpoint

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IRAQ

Iraq’s president on March 8 ratified a law mandating reparations for Yazidi women enslaved and trafficked by Islamic State (IS). However, efforts to improve the security situation…

Turkish incursion into Syria needs Russian green light

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SYRIA

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeated his threat of May 23 to invade Syria to "complete" a 30-kilometre-deep ‘safe zone’ and push Kurdish groups away from the border…

Syrian regime poised to defeat rebels in Aleppo

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SYRIA

The United States, Russia and other international powers agreed a cessation of hostilities in Munich last week, scheduled to begin on February 18. However, the deal requires…

Damascus may press on in Idlib, at high human cost

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SYRIA

Troops supporting President Bashar al-Assad launched their latest offensive in Syria’s last large rebel-held region in November 2019. Russian air support has enabled them to make…

US policy in Syria may prove paradoxical

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SYRIA

This came after pro-Damascus troops yesterday attacked the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed, Kurdish-led outfit that has taken much of the territory east of the…