Posts Tagged: Turkey
Kremlin Says Deal With Turkey on Syria’s Idlib Not Fully Implemented
An agreement with Turkey on Syria's Idlib province has not been fully implemented, raising concerns in Moscow and Damascus, Interfax news agency quoted a Kremlin spokesman as...
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...
Senator Lindsey Graham: A Rash US Pullout From Syria Will Create ‘Iraq on Steroids’
US Senator Lindsey Graham said on Saturday he hoped President Donald Trump would slow the US withdrawal from Syria until Islamic State is destroyed, warning...
Trump Can’t Devastate the Turkish Economy Because Bogus US Ally Qatar Will Save Erdogan Yet Again
There have been inexplicable phenomena in the Middle East for some years now. Any attempt to explain them logically comes up against a dead end,...
BDS Is Contemptible, But Academic Boycotts Have Their Place
Academic boycotts, rightly understood and employed, are an effective means of isolating and stigmatizing universities and other institutions that support authoritarian regimes (like Erdogan’s Turkey)...
Pompeo Says Good Outcome Possible for Both Turkey and Syrian Kurds
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday he was optimistic that a "good outcome" could be reached between Turkey and Syrian Kurdish groups,...
American Retreat From Syria May Be the Least Bad Option for Israel
An American Jewish figure I’ve long admired, with impeccable pro-Israel credentials, sent a wire in response to my recent column that appeared under the headline,...
With US Departure, Syria’s Manbij Braces for Upheaval
The city of Manbij has switched control more than most places in Syria's civil war. With US troops set to leave after President Donald Trump's decision...
Turkey Says It Will Take Over Fight Against IS After US Pullout
Turkey will take over the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria as the United States withdraws its troops, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday,...
CAIR Conveniently Ignores Turkey’s Human Rights Abuses
An organization aimed at fostering democracy in the Arab world will be dedicated to the slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi's memory, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)...
Erdogan’s Self Interest Always Comes Before His Values
Is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a devout ideologue or a pragmatist? The answer is both. Perhaps a more relevant question is: When is he...
Unsurprisingly, Turkey Sides with Hamas on UN Resolution Condemning Gaza Rocket Attacks
Turkey, a NATO ally, plans to oppose an American-sponsored draft resolution at the United Nations condemning Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian terror factions...
By Extraditing Anti-Erdogan Leader, Trump Would Betray American Values
Extraditing dissident Islamist cleric Fethullah Gulen to Turkey would be a betrayal of American values and should be permanently off the table. President Trump says...
Senior Saudi Prince Says CIA Cannot Be Trusted on Khashoggi Conclusion
A senior Saudi prince cast doubt upon the reported CIA finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
