Analysis
Bet on the Kurdish-Turkish difficult peace
2020-11-22
Bet on the Kurdish-Turkish difficult peace
the coming #US policy in the area leads us to a group of inferences like the Democrats' refusal of the policy of the #Turkish president, @RTErdogan in previous phases in…
How Biden’s possible cabinet picks see Turkey and the SDF
2020-11-17
How Biden’s possible cabinet picks see Turkey and the SDF
@_____mjb writes for North Press on how Biden’s potential cabinet members would deal with Turkey and the #SDF.
How a Democratic Administration Can Reset on Turkey and Northeast Syria
2020-10-28
How a Democratic Administration Can Reset on Turkey and Northeast Syria
Meghan Bodette writes for North Press on how a Biden administration could undo damage of years of foreign policy decisions that have had disastrous outcomes for Kurds in the Middle…
What is behind Turkey’s withdrawal from observation posts in Idlib?
2020-10-26
What is behind Turkey’s withdrawal from observation posts in Idlib?
Khorshid Delli @khorsdidd analyses what may be behind the withdrawal of Turkish forces from observation posts in northwestern #Syria.
The US won’t enforce its own ceasefire in Syria— and civilians are paying the price
2020-10-21
The US won’t enforce its own ceasefire in Syria— and civilians are paying the price
Meghan Bodette writes for North Press on the United States’ lax enforcement of the ceasefire it agreed to with Turkey, who continues to violate the ceasefire by injuring and killing…
Trump and Erdogan: US extends its viability
2020-10-15
Trump and Erdogan: US extends its viability
The extraordinary relationship between US president Donald Trump and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which can be found in media reports, indicate that Erdogan is one of the presidents most…
One year later, no justice for victims of Turkish occupation
2020-10-14
One year later, no justice for victims of Turkish occupation
It has now been one year since Turkish forces and their allied Syrian National Army (SNA) militias attacked Sere Kaniye and Tel Abyad in northern Syria. While human rights groups…
How did Erdogan transform Syrian armed groups into mercenaries?
2020-10-13
How did Erdogan transform Syrian armed groups into mercenaries?
When Sultan Erdogan realized that the scale in Syria had tilted towards Russia after the latter’s intervention about five years ago in the ongoing crisis there, he started to take…
Mercenaries as part of the military industry
2020-10-12
Mercenaries as part of the military industry
The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 put an end to the long-standing European warfare which lasted for nearly thirty years. The shape of the modern state was among other things…
Turkey’s use of Syrian mercenaries abroad is evidence of opposition’s weakness in Syria
2020-10-07
Turkey’s use of Syrian mercenaries abroad is evidence of opposition’s weakness in Syria
This week, multiple sources confirmed that Turkey has sent hundreds of Syrian mercenaries to fight alongside Azerbaijani forces against Armenia in the latest escalation in a newly aggressive pattern of…