6 Feb 2018

Turkey is using Syrian refugees as bargaining chips as it moves against the Kurds

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Kurdish protestors against the Turkish operation in Afrin outside the EU building in Lebanon on January 28. Wael Hamzeh/EPA When Turkish ground troops rolled into Afrin, a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria, in January, the regime was making a considered political calculation. … Read More
25 Jan 2018

Turkey and the U.S. used to be close allies. Today, they can’t even agree on a phone call

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Turkish army tanks are stationed in a field near the Syrian border at Hassa, in Hatay province, on Jan. 25, 2018, as part of a military offensive dubbed “Operation Olive Branch.” (Ozan Kose / AFP/Getty Images)   Since the start … Read More