Wednesday, 13 February, 2019 , 17:21www.jpost.com | By Akil Marceau | February 4, 2019
More than ever, a strategic long-term vision is needed.
The December 19 announcement of the withdrawal of the 2,000 US troops fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria has not stopped inflicting damage and creating confusion. This started with the US administration and the resignations of defense secretary Jim Mattis and the special presidential envoy of the global coalition to counter ISIS, Brett McGurk. The two men both had intimate knowledge of the terrain and the serious consequences such a withdrawal would create. They understood the strategically dangerous and morally unacceptable decision to abandon their reliable and effective Kurdish allies in the war against the jihadists.
Tuesday, 5 February, 2019 , 19:12Nytimes.com | By The Editorial Board
An Iranian Kurdish writer, detained for six years on a remote island for seeking asylum in Australia, proves that words are more powerful than fences.
Monday, 4 February, 2019 , 15:16theguardian.com | By Calla Wahlquist | 31 Jan 2019
Guardian writer on Manus Island wins $125,000 after sweeping non-fiction prize and Victorian prize for literature at Victorian premier’s literary awards 2019
Monday, 21 January, 2019 , 16:33reuters.com | Bye Robin Emmott and John Irish | January 18, 2019
BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - In Tehran on Jan. 8 during a meeting with European envoys, Iranian officials abruptly stood up, walked out and slammed the door in an extraordinary break with protocol.
Monday, 21 January, 2019 , 16:14washingtonpost.com | Bye Brett McGurk(*) | January 18, 2019
The president decided to withdraw U.S. forces without consulting allies or understanding the facts on the ground.
Thursday, 17 January, 2019 , 18:30Telegraph.co.uk | By James Badcock, Madrid
A Swiss MP has accused the Turkish government of passing off olive oil plundered from Syria as Turkish in order to sell it in European Union countries, including Spain.
Thursday, 17 January, 2019 , 18:14Theguardian.com | Ranj Alaaldin
The US, Turkey, the YPG and desperate Syrian Kurds would all lose if Assad and his backers regained control
Thursday, 17 January, 2019 , 18:08Foreignpolicy.com | By Aykan Erdemir, John Lechner
The Turkish president’s racist conspiracy theories are a threat to economic stability.
Monday, 7 January, 2019 , 18:15nytimes.com | By Carlotta Gall | Jan. 2, 2019
As Erdogan tightens grip, brain drain threatens to set country back decades
ISTANBUL — For 17 years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won elections by offering voters a vision of restoring the glories of Turkey’s Ottoman past. He extended his country’s influence with increased trade and military deployments, and he raised living standards with years of unbroken economic growth.
Monday, 7 January, 2019 , 17:40haaretz.com | By Akil Marceau | Dec 20, 2018
After all the blood that's been shed and lives lost fighting ISIS, Trump is taking us back to square one - and renewed, disastrous terror attacks on the streets of Europe and America
Donald Trump's big lie on Syria will come back to haunt America
Trump abandons Syria's Kurds: Will Turkey now crush their dream of a 'secular utopia?'
U.S. withdrawal from Syria shows Washington is an ally, but only to a point
