Siamese twins of Syria
By: NAGEHAN ALÇI* The PYD is as dangerous as DAESH. They are like Siamese twins in Syria Supported by Turkey, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) continues its advance after cleansing Jarablus of DAESH presence. However, [ More … ]
By: NAGEHAN ALÇI* The PYD is as dangerous as DAESH. They are like Siamese twins in Syria Supported by Turkey, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) continues its advance after cleansing Jarablus of DAESH presence. However, [ More … ]
By: Ibrahim Karagül* I am waiting for a new move. I am waiting for the U.S. and Europe’s maneuver that will negate Turkey’s operation in Syria, that will make its position post-July 15 ambiguous and [ More … ]
Everyone wonders how long Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield, launched Aug. 24, will continue. What are the strategic goals of this operation? Can it expand to the al Rai-Azaz line in the west and, even more [ More … ]
There is now, at last, conclusive evidence that Bashar al-Assad and the Islamic State (ISIS) have used chemical weapons in Syria, This happened nearly 2.5 years after I collected evidence that proved that Assad had [ More … ]
By: SAADET ORUÇ* Sometimes it is best to recall certain moments of the past in order to understand the present. As the leading threat against the stability of the Middle East, DAESH, inadvertently managed to [ More … ]
By: Ibrahim Karagül* – Turkey did not initiate any war; a war was waged on Turkey. Operation “Euphrates Shield” is a defense that started from Jarabulus. July 15 was the main frame of this war. [ More … ]
At present, Iran has both an official exchange rate and an unofficial market rate that is used in exchange houses. The rial trades at above 35,000 per US dollar on the open market, compared to [ More … ]
Darayya is – or used to be – a sizeable town in the Damascus countryside. A working and middle-class suburb of the capital, it was also an agricultural centre, famed in particular for its delicious [ More … ]
By: Ali Hussein Bakir* In the midst of the developments that are taking place in the regional arena, many questions about the nature of the changes in Turkey’s foreign policy were put forward, and some [ More … ]
By: NAGEHAN ALÇI* Great efforts are being made to destabilize Turkey. In one sense, these are endeavors made by various terrorist organizations and international powers supporting them to turn Turkey into the new Syria. DAESH, [ More … ]
By: Merve Şebnem Oruç* The world is a chess board. When opening the game, the entire board should be kept in view. The start is neutral for both the winner and loser. The conclusion is [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* The operation Turkey conducted on Daesh in Jarabulus, a city in Syria near the Turkish border, might be a little late, yet it was a necessary step to take. Turkey is now [ More … ]
The train of systematic displacement, under UN patronage, has reached Darayya station. The international organization is completing its mission represented in forcefully uprooting residents from their areas. Activists from Darayya published many touching video footage [ More … ]
By: İLNUR ÇEVIK* Biden came to Ankara, listened to us with great ‘sympathy’ and then told us what would not happen and flew home This columnist watched on the sidelines as U.S. Vice President Joe [ More … ]
By: Özlem Albayrak* The history of this patience dates back to just after the Bashar Assad regime started its massacres in Syria. First of all, the Syrians who fled Assad’s oppression swarmed into Turkey. Some [ More … ]
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