A common understanding between Turkey and the U.S. is the establishment of a safe-zone in northeast Syria. However, both...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
There are three ways to improve security in Afrin: The cleansing of Tel Rifaat, a strong Turkish footprint model and the...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Abdul Basit Saroot was the voice of a nation ripped apart by a crimson dictator hell bent on keeping power at any cost.
Friday, July 5, 2019
Daesh is now in a new era in which popular support and acceptable governance will be the main effective tools to grab the...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
A weak cease-fire is likely but also open to the possibility of further escalation in the field. Each party will possibly...
Monday, May 20, 2019
While Turkey and the U.S. discuss a potential safe-zone in northern Syria, especially in the areas below the 20-mile line,...
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Developments on the ground in Idlib and a bigger HTS presence will have serious implications for the international context...
Saturday, January 12, 2019
News agencies reported yesterday that the Syrian regime is dispatching forces and equipment to the village of Arimah, 25...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Turkey’s strategic objective is clear: to de-territorialize the YPG/PYD alongside its Syrian border, fix relations with...
Friday, December 14, 2018
Yesterday in Geneva, Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Russia and Iran - Mevlut Cavusoglu, Sergey Lavrov, Muhammad Javad Zarif...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
The U.S. balancing act between supporting the PYD and providing reassurances to Turkey to be able to cooperate on the...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
While some media outlets reported efforts in Syria as "internal fighting among Turkey-backed groups," in reality, there...
Monday, November 26, 2018
Turkey's policy of keeping and enlarging its military presence in Syria has two aims: Sustaining Turkey’s national...
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
One way to prevent a regime coalition offensive in Idlib would be if the U.S. stepped in. If the U.S. could come to a more...
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at the TRT World Forum, touching upon issues such as reforming the UN, the...
Friday, October 5, 2018
The Assad regime has been preventing any form of assistance to a refugee camp in Rukban - Syria's border to Jordan.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
In order to start a new initiative for UN reform, the UNGA should question President Trump’s speech as it reveals the main...
Friday, September 28, 2018
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, a total of 2,832 civilians - over half of them women and children - have...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
At this stage, the most important objective for Turkey is to solve the potential radicalization of the armed groups. If...
Friday, September 21, 2018
Turkey’s Idlib deal gave the rebels one more month to consider their options. It gave Turkey another month to make its...
Saturday, September 22, 2018