“At this point, [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan seems to be strongly committed to his deepening partnership with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, and is unlikely to be swayed by Washington’s positive or negative incentives.”
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey grows increasingly impatient regarding the situation in northern Syria. It has promised the establishment of a buffer zone between Turkey and the Kurds. How much longer will it wait? Can it execute a military offensive if the U.S. won’t permit?
He was referring to a “safe zone” concept that has been proposed for northern Syria in an area the US hopes to withdraw from soon.
For Turkey, control by what Ankara regards as the Syrian franchise of the PKK of a large swath of the 900-km.
Arab hatred of Turkey is so extreme that the last thing the Arab states wish to see is the return of the Ottoman Empire whose police tortured and killed them without mercy. This can and should lead to strange alliances.
US President Donald Trump appeared to slow down his decision to withdraw from Syria after meetings on December 30.
Israel would, of course, much prefer that the American forces remain in Syria, but their pullout is far from a tragedy and even provides a window of opportunity.
Turkey views the mostly Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria as a threat, similar to how Israel views Hezbollah, US envoy for Syria engagement James Jeffrey said last week.
The world has a strange double standard on the Muslim world – it’s ok when they massacre their own, and the Turkish president is the master of it
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has traded barbs with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu over their humanitarian records. How will the two countries’ roles in Syria play out as the U.S. packs up and leaves the war torn country?
In October, President Donald Trump did “declare victory” over ISIS. “I want to get out,” the president said. “I want to bring our troops back home. I want to start rebuilding our nation.”
The apparent decision by US President Donald Trump to order the complete withdrawal of US forces from Syria was preceded by a looming crisis between the US and Turkey.
“Don’t be like the Jews” who kick men, women and children when they’re on the ground, Turkish President Erdogan tells youths in Istanbul
There has been shock at the sudden decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw from Syria.
In the age of globalism and of medium- to long-range nuclear missiles, there simply are no safe islands we can retreat to.
