The Idlib solution was very hard to implement; not happy to put the anti-regime opposition groups under Turkish observation, the Syrian regime forces have...
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This “North and East Syria Administration” term first appeared in a PKK-related news organization’s article paraphrasing one of Jim...
The story of the Lying Shepherd, also known as the Boy Who Cried Wolf, is told all over the world. It is one of the rare cross-culturally common fables: Once...
For two weeks, I have been writing about how important and indispensable it is for the future of Turkey-U.S. relations to recognize Turkey’s...
Nobody would like to be in James Jeffrey’s shoes. He has to amuse a boss who has an ego that cannot take anything less than a victory especially right...
You had to see the celebration of democracy at the polling stations in Turkey on election day. Whether it is the local elections as it was yesterday or the...
In spite of the shared desire of all major stakeholders in Syria to end hostilities and the growing consensus around Assad’s long-term staying in power, the...
The title of the conference the Trump administration convened in Warsaw last week, called the Conference for Middle East Peace and Security, was the best...
The rapprochement between Turkey and Russia is evolving into a different type of partnership. What’s interesting is that Turkey, since it became a NATO...
Sources say the term “loose cannon” owes its presence to the imagination. This exemplary imagination belongs to Victor Hugo who, in his novel...