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Tag: Syrian Kurds

Posted inOpinion

Turkey barters with US, Russia ahead of Syria incursion

by Nikola Mikovic June 8, 2022June 8, 2022

With the world’s attention focused on Russia’s war in Ukraine, Turkey is preparing to launch its own “special military operation” in northern Syria. Ankara appears to be taking advantage of the conflict in Eastern Europe to achieve strategic goals in the Middle East. It is not a secret that Turkey aims to create a 30-kilometer-deep […]

Posted inOpinion

In shadow of Ukraine, Russia risks losing Syria to Iran

by Nikola Mikovic May 5, 2022May 5, 2022
Posted inOpinion

As Turkey, Russia make deals in Syria, Kurds brace for attack

by Nikola Mikovic November 10, 2021November 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Syrian Kurds face betrayal again

by Nikola Mikovic December 30, 2020December 30, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russia not ready for northern Syria

by Neil Hauer November 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Photo: AFP/Tatyana Zenkovich
Posted inMiddle East, Syria, Turkey, United States, World

In presidential face-off, Erdogan conquers Trump

by Henri J Barkey November 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inEuropean Union, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey making EU, Kurds rethink their friends

by Faisal Al Yafai October 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, Syria, Turkey

Syria’s Kurds left out of Turkish border plan

by Faisal Al Yafai August 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Kurdish fighters from the YPG run across a street in Raqqa, Syria July 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Goran Tomasevic
Posted inMiddle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United States, World

Syrian war central to worsened Turkey-US ties

by Omer Taspinar August 21, 2019February 18, 2020
A member of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), part of the of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),  in the town of Shadadi, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of the northeastern Syrian city of Hassakeh, on September 11, 2018. - The US-backed SDF, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, launched on September 10 an assault against a dwindling pocket of territory held by the Islamic State group in the town of Hajin in eastern Syria near the border with Iraq. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
Posted inMiddle East, Syria

Kurds look to EU to replace US in Syria

by Faisal Al Yafai March 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, Syria

Syrian Kurds, government plan for US withdrawal

by Sami Moubayed January 18, 2019February 18, 2020
Kurdish fighters from the YPG run across a street in Raqqa, Syria July 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Goran Tomasevic
Posted inEuropean Union, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

US pullout from Syria could improve Turkish-Kurdish relations

by Ömer Taşpınar January 3, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in May 2018. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters/ Mikhail Klimentyev
Posted inAfghanistan, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Trump’s Syria withdrawal is a chance for peace

by Jeffrey D Sachs January 3, 2019
Taiwan soldiers take part in a drill at the Ching Chuan Kang airbase in Taichung, central Taiwan, on June 7, 2018, simulating a Chinese attack as Beijing stepped up military and diplomatic pressure on the island amid growing tension. Photo: Sam Yeh / AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, Vietnam, World

US abandonment of Kurds sends bad message to allies in East Asia

by Grant Newsham December 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Members of the Asayish, Kurdish internal security police, arrive at the site of clashes with regime forces in Qamishli in northeast Syria. Syrian Kurdish forces said several fighters were killed when they clashed with regime fighters in the divided city of Qamishli on Sept 8. Photo: AFP / Delil Souleiman
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

US dance between Turkey and Kurds will soon come to an end 

by Ömer Taşpınar November 22, 2018
Smoke rises in the Syrian village of Kafr Ain in the southern countryside of Idlib province after an air strike on September 7. Photo: AFP/Anas al-Dyab
Posted inEgypt, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

No end in sight for the ‘Great Syrian Civil War’

by Nicos Panayiotides November 16, 2018
Newly appointed UN envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen. Photo: Reuters
Posted inFrance, Germany, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

UN’s new Syria negotiator should not waste the few cards he has to play

by Faisal Al Yafai November 13, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi was murdered when he visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Summit in Istanbul as ramifications of the Khashoggi debacle roll on

by Pepe Escobar October 27, 2018February 18, 2020
An image taken from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV on Sept 19 shows Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon's militant Shiite movement Hezbollah, giving a televised address from an undisclosed location. Photo: AFP
Posted inIran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Hezbollah to Syria’s Kurds: ‘Don’t bet on the Americans’

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 20, 2018February 18, 2020
A Syrian opposition fighter takes a selfie as fighters walk through Syria in front of Turkish troops near the Syrian border at Hassa, Hatay province, on January 22, 2018. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Syrian Kurds remain a thorny issue between Turkey and the US

by Emanuele Scimia September 15, 2018

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