Posts Tagged: Kurds Turkey
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, the Kurds, and the ‘Gara Affair’: How Not to Rescue Hostages
The “Gara Affair” will be recalled by both Turks and Kurds as a dark moment in their histories. It entailed a disastrous rescue operation meant...
Implications of the US Withdrawal From Syria
On the morning of October 24, 1973, the Israeli ambassador in Washington was summoned for an urgent discussion with White House Chief of Staff Gen....
Putin’s Nefarious Polices Are Not New
The multipolar world, the pivot to China, the freeing of Russia from a Eurocentric foreign policy, the building of a liberal empire -- these are...
A Strategic Israeli View of the Turkish Campaign Against the Kurds
In light of recent regional events in general, and the Turkish invasion of Syria in particular, Israel needs to reconsider the underlying strategic rationale not...
Tehran Regime to Host Turkey’s Erdogan and Russia’s Putin for Heads of State Summit
Russia's presidential office has announced that President Vladimir Putin will fly to Tehran in early September for a summit meeting with his Turkish and Iranian...
Turkey Demands US Expel Kurdish Militia From Anti-Islamic State Force
Turkey said on Thursday it had demanded that the United States expel a Kurdish militia from the ground forces it backs in Syria, underscoring the...
Turkey Shuts Down Social Media Use After Arrest of Pro-Kurdish Leaders
Internet users in Turkey were on Friday experiencing severe difficulties accessing social media after the country was plunged into new turbulence by the detention of...
Erdogan Will Never Defeat the Kurds Through Violence
Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has claimed that military operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will continue until “the very last rebel is killed.” What...
Why Kurdistan Will Benefit Iraq and the Middle East
Before welcoming the emerging state of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, I confess to having opposed its independence in the past. In 1991, after the Kuwait War had...
As Israeli Port Accepts Kurdish Oil, Long History of Back-Channel Relations Expected to Continue
When the Kurdish tanker SCF Altai unloaded its cargo at the Israeli oil port of Ashkelon on Monday, it was the latest event in...
Why the Kurds Are a Beacon of Hope in the Middle East
JNS.org - During the war in Iraq, when I was still living in London and coordinating news coverage of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein...
Pro-US Iraqi Kurds Reach Deal with PM al-Maliki
Times of Israel - Just six months ago, Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, was buzzing. Walking through the streets of...
