Posts Tagged: Erdogan Syria
How Turkey Is Manipulating Syria for Its Own Advantage
Following the recent regime change in Syria, Israel now faces a complex reality in which it must prevent the flow of advanced weapons to hostile...
Turkish Attempt to Reconcile with Assad in Syria: Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat
At first glance, there is little that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an Islamist and nationalist, has in common with Dogu Perincek, a maverick socialist,...
Turkey Will Betray America and the West
The US political elite has long suffered from “Who lost that country?” syndrome. It started with the Truman administration, which failed to prevent the communist...
UAE-Turkey Rivalry Wreaks Havoc in Libya and Syria
The Saudi-Iranian dispute might dominate headlines, but a similar rivalry between Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is wreaking just as much havoc in...
Turkey Will Hit Syrian Government Forces Anywhere if Troops Hurt: Erdogan
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey's military would strike Russian-backed Syrian forces by air or ground anywhere in Syria if another Turkish...
Turkey’s Erdogan Demands Syrian Forces in Idlib Withdraw
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Wednesday to drive back Syrian troops in Idlib unless they withdraw by the end of the month to...
Erdogan Says Turkey Hits Back After Syrian Shells Kill Turkish Troops
Turkey said on Monday it struck dozens of Syrian government targets after five of its soldiers were killed in northwest Syria's Idlib region, an incident...
Erdogan Says Turkey Aware That US Support for Kurdish YPG Will Not End Immediately
Turkey is aware that the US support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia will not end immediately, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, but...
On Missile Deal, Turkey’s True Ally Is Russia, Not America
The Trump administration has offered to sell $3.5 billion worth of Patriot missiles to Turkey, apparently in an effort to stop Ankara from going ahead...
Erdogan Says Discussed Turkey Setting Up Safe Zone in Syria With Trump
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he had discussed a safe zone which Turkey would set up inside Syria along the length of their...
Turkey’s Syrian Quagmire
At first glance, the plan looked viable: using the “Arab Spring” as a legitimate pretext, Turkey would convince Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign; the...
Turkish Unrest Restricts Erdogan’s International Activism
Jerusalem Post - The unrest in Turkey is forcing Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to expend his political capital at home, possibly leading to a more...
Wikileaks Global Intelligence Files: Israel Day 9, Turkey May Invade Syria
Since February 27, 2012, WikiLeaks has continued releasing what it says will eventually be 5 million e-mails sent between July 2004 and late December 2011...
