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END OF NATO: Turkey Bombs US Backed Kurds in Afrin

January 20, 2018

The Turkish army announced the beginning of "Operation Olive Branch" earlier today (Jan. 20th) and immediately started bombing the Kurdish dominated enclave of Afrin in an attempt to wipe out what they call "te...

Will Turkey’s Showdown in Afrin Split NATO?

Micha Gefen

November 21, 2017

Borders

Turkey has always had a complex relationship with the rest of its NATO partners, ut during the current Erdogan period it has grown exceedingly problematic. With the weakening of US positions across he Middle E...

Arab States Are Taking Trump Very Seriously

Mudar Zahran

November 9, 2017

Regional Analysis

As an Arab and a Muslim, I could authoritatively confirm Arab states are now taking the US very seriously. This was not the case at all under Obama’s administration. Nonetheless, some in the media think otherwi...

Putin Shakes Up Syria, by Inviting the Country’s Kurds to Sochi

Micha Gefen

November 1, 2017

Frontlines, Regional Analysis

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According to Asharq Al-Awsat Russia has invited Syrian Kurdish authorities to the Congress of the Peoples of Syria. The congress is a meeting of Syria's various ethnic groups that is scheduled to be held in So...

HOW TO SOLVE THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM

Daniel Greenfield

May 21, 2017

Palestine Falling, Politics

…and bring peace to the Middle East. In 1990, there were half as many Palestinians as Kuwaitis in Kuwait. Two years later there were almost none. With the support of the international community, some 700,00...

TERROR IN ISTANBUL: Is Turkey Safe Anymore?

Micha Gefen

January 1, 2017

Regional Analysis

Last night's terror attack at an Istanbul night club is only the latest terror attack against Turkey. With 35 dead from the attack on New Years eve, the 45 killed in Ataturk airport last month, and a failed cou...

“We Are Coming Nineveh” Obama Must Win in Mosul or Donald Trump Will Do it For Him

Micha Gefen

November 21, 2016

Borders, Regional Analysis

Legacies are bitter weapons that plague outgoing presidents time and time again. Barack Obama thought he had his legacy wrapped up, but then came the blue color workers and placed Donald Trump into office. Wit...

Turkish Tanks Roll into Al-Rai Expanding Operation Euphrates Shield

Gavriel Dan

September 4, 2016

Breaking News

On Saturday more Turkish tanks crossed the Syrian border into the Syrian rebel-controlled town of al-Rai in order to support the new operation Euphrates Shield Al-Rai is about 55 kilometers west of Jarablus,...

BREAKING NEWS: Turkey Driving Hard Against Kurds West of the Euphrates

Gavriel Dan

September 1, 2016

Breaking News

If it is possible to believe Erdogan, his foray into Syria was for the purpose of driving ISIS from Jarablus, the only piece of land the Syrian Kurds did not control. Erdogan's forces were of such mass that Tur...

GENOCIDE NOW: Turkey’s Real Target in Syria are the Kurds

Micha Gefen

August 25, 2016

Breaking News

Turkey's invasion of Northern Syria is being billed as a full frontal attack on ISIS. Turkey has poured in ground troops, tanks, and harnessed NATO air cover to break the Kurdish control near their border. Tru...

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