13 Dec 2018

US warns Turkey any unilateral military action in Syria ‘worrying and unacceptable’

by | posted in: European Union, News |

Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and US soldiers patrol the Kurdish-held town of Al-Darbasiyah in northeastern Syria bordering Turkey on November 4, 2018  Delil SOULEIMAN (AFP/File) Turkey has announced a new operation will be launched in Syria within days … Read More
31 Mar 2018

Erdogan accuses Israel of ‘inhumane attack’ in Gaza

by | posted in: Israel, News |

Turkish leader says he implored US President Trump to intervene to halt violence on Gaza security fence. Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech during the … Read More
6 Feb 2018

Turkey is using Syrian refugees as bargaining chips as it moves against the Kurds

by | posted in: Middle East, News |

Kurdish protestors against the Turkish operation in Afrin outside the EU building in Lebanon on January 28. Wael Hamzeh/EPA When Turkish ground troops rolled into Afrin, a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria, in January, the regime was making a considered political calculation. … Read More