Archive for the 'Turkey' Category

Idlib: The Game Above the Game – by David W. Lesch

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 20th, 2018

Turkey’s Afrin Operation Stokes Syrian Yazidi Fears and Fuels Displacement — by Sylvain Mercadier

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, May 10th, 2018

Syria, Deterrence of Chemical Weapons and U.S. Policy in the Middle East – By Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 12th, 2018

A Sustainable United States Policy for North Syria, the Kurds, Turkey and the Syrian Government – by Landis and Barber

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

US Policy Toward the Levant, Kurds and Turkey – By Joshua Landis 

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 15th, 2018

Trump’s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More Failed States – by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 14th, 2017

Will the U.S. Abandon the Kurds of Syria Once ISIS is Destroyed? by Landis, Itani, Simon

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 1st, 2017

Why the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take Raqqa and Destroy the Islamic State

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 17th, 2017

Yes, Syrian Kurds Have Committed War Crimes – Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn Tamimi

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 12th, 2017

The rise and fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in Syria – by @ErikaSolomon

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 9th, 2017

America’s Failure – and Russia and Iran’s Success – in Syria’s Cataclysmic Civil War – By Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 12th, 2017

DAM WARS: How Water Scarcity Helped Create ISIS – by Quentin de Pimodan

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 11th, 2016

“Turkey’s Syria Intervention,” by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 28th, 2016

“What the Rebel Loss of Aleppo Will Mean for Syria,” by Landis, Heras, Lund & Abdulhamid

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 29th, 2016

“Educating Syrian Refugees in Turkey,” by Salih Yasun

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 25th, 2016

Syrian Rebel Leader Subhi al-Refai on U.S. relations with Ahrar al-Sham

Posted by Aron Lund on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

Syria in Limbo: Neither Reunification nor Partition Are Yet Possible

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, May 24th, 2015

The Kobani Model: Strengthening Kurdish-Arab Relations in Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, March 19th, 2015

Joshua Landis on ISIS, Syria & the “Great Sorting Out” in the Middle East – Interview with Danny Postel

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 17th, 2014

“Why Syria’s Assad heads to Geneva from a position of strength,” by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

Gangs of Latakia: The Militiafication of the Assad Regime

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

“The Turkish-Syrian Border Dispute: A View From the Past” – By Meir Zamir

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Oil Wars—Nusra’s Expanding Reach—Syrian Taliban

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, April 27th, 2013

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Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

Is a Turkey-Syria conflict inevitable? – Inside Syria: Aljazeera

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 15th, 2012

Syrian Kurdistan: Can it Make a Peaceful Transition?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 21st, 2012

Opposition Parties Fight in Cairo; Feltman Claims Sanctions Effective and Assad’s Days Numbered, Eyes on Turkey

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Syrian “National Salvation” Opposition Meeting in Istanbul: Opening Remarks and Mr Maleh (17 July 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 16th, 2011

An interview with Bassam Alkadi, President of the Syrian Women Observatory

Posted by Alex on Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

Is Turkey a Shield? Assad to Speak about Reform on Monday

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 19th, 2011

Syrian Opposition Meeting in Antalya: Day Two

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

The Opposition Meeting in Antalya (1 June 2011) First Impressions

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Syrian Opposition to Meet in Turkey: May 31 – June 2

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Rami Makhlouf’s daily blasts Turkey; Draws MB link

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Duma; Turkey Hosts Musl. Brotherhood; Press Services; More

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 1st, 2011

Obama Trapped in Bush’s Lebanon War

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Wikileaks: “Syrian-Iranian Relations return to normal”; Jordan, Turkey, and US Seek Improved Iran Relations; Hariri Tribunal Delayed;

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 18th, 2010

Wiki Leaks: First Cut

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 28th, 2010

China’s Rise Undermines Power of Sanctions as US Diplomatic Tool

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

More WikiLeaks – Kerry: “Israel should return Golan”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 1st, 2010

News Round Up (24 October 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 25th, 2010

Drought, Water Management, and the Kurdish Question

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 15th, 2010

Tuykey and Syria Struggle to Resolve Their Kurdish Question

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Turkey Continues to Look East; Iran Hit by Sanctions

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 11th, 2010

Encouraging Israel not to Settle; Encouraging Iran to Go Nuclear

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 1st, 2010

“Syria’s Improved Relations with Turkey is the Center-Piece of Bashar Assad’s New Foreign Policy,” Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

What Does Turkey’s “Yes” Vote Mean for Democracy

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

News Round Up (13 Sept 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 13th, 2010

News Round Up (1 Sept. 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Will Obama Abandon the Bush Policy of Punishing Mid East Countries that Oppose Israeli Expansion?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

News Round Up (22 July 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

“Syrians Were Not Behind the Hariri Assassination,” Former US Offical to as-Safir

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Real GDP Growth 5.9%? Turkey and Change in the Region; Fadlallah Dies

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 5th, 2010

What Effect will Turkey’s Switch to Israeli Opponent have on Syria and the Regional Balance of Power?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 25th, 2010

What Are US Tech Firms Doing in Damas? NeoCon Dreams of Regime Change

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 19th, 2010

US-Syrian Diplomatic War; US Tech Firms to Syria; Trade Union w. Turkey

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 14th, 2010

Medvedev’s Visits to Syria and Turkey – News Round Up (14 May 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 14th, 2010

News Round Up (May 6, 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Turkish-Syria Military; How to Sanction Syria? Obama Keeps Jewish Leaders Happy

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

“The Turkish Judicial System: Guardians of the Ancient Regime,” By Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 2nd, 2010

“Nationalist First, Islamist Second: The Armenian Issue Shows the Limits of the Erdogan Government,” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Syria NOT Pursuing Nuclear Power, Biden Flounders, Ford to Confirmation

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 14th, 2010

“The Armenian Genocide: The Islamist and Kemalist Consensus,” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

“Turkey at a Crossroad: Democracy or Military Rule?” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 5th, 2010

John Kerry and Leveretts Talk to Assad

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Reactions to the Assad-Ahmadinejad Summit

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Assad Reaches Out to Business, Turkey, France and the US

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 22nd, 2010

The Case for Syria

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Has Washington Decided to Focus on Syrian-Israeli Peace?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 1st, 2010

“Greater Syria” and “Turkey’s slide toward Syria and Iran” by Rabinovich, Maoz, Moubayed et al.

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Has Obama Outsourced the Job of Chastising Israel to Turkey?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Deborah Amos on the Water and Food Crisis

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 9th, 2010

News Round Up (27 December 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 28th, 2009

End of Arab Cold War Makes Syria Man in the Middle

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 25th, 2009

Turkey’s “Zero Crescents, Zero Axises, and Zero problems” Foreign Policy is Catching on.

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Sharaa on Turkey, the US, Lebanon; Diplomats on Bus Explosion; Turkey’s Leadership

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 11th, 2009

Is Syria to Blame for the Bombings in Iraq?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Bus Bomb? Syrian-Israel Peace Talks? SSNP, Turkey is Warned, Washington is Broken

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Bus Explosion in Damascus Sets off Wild Speculation

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Will India’s Proposal to Invest Billions in Iran Undermine US Sanction Drive? Is Turkey the Winner?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

“Has Syria Won?” in the Economist

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 27th, 2009

Syria and Iraq and Lebanon and ….

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Assad in Paris

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 13th, 2009

News Round Up (6 November 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 6th, 2009

Why Turkey Went to Iran and What it Means

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 30th, 2009

Turkey’s “Zero Problem with Neighbors” Reaches Iran: New Currency Deal Eliminates Dollar

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The Turkey-Syria-Iran Alliance Heats Up; The Economy, Tepid

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Syria’s Four Seas strategy, by Yoav Stern

Posted by Alex on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

News Round Up (19 October 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

News Round Up (18 October 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Will Syria Give up the Golan as it Gave up Alexandretta?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Alex on Saudi Arabia; Hamidi on Turkey

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Syria’s Integration: What Changes Will it Bring?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Is Syrian-US Engagement at an End?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Turk & Syria – Assad Interview: Muslim Brothers, Kurds, Iraq, Israel

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 14th, 2009

Turkey Changes Heart, Says It Will Increase Water Flow of Rivers

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 4th, 2009

Turkey Says More Water For Iraq, Syria Is Unlikely

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 4th, 2009

News Round Up (19 June 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 19th, 2009

News Round UP (May 16, 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 16th, 2009

News Round Up (8 April 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

News Round Up (5 April 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Stocks Prices are Up – Peace is Down

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Arab Unity? Yes on Kurds, No on Palestinians, Perhaps on Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

A new strategic alliance: Iran, Syria, Turkey and Iraq?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 9th, 2009

Sanctions on the Table?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Kerry’s Visit Brings Some Hope

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

A New Middle East Strategy for the Age of Obama

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Balancing “Change” and “Prudence” will be an arduous process for President Obama

Posted by Alex on Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Peace Talks and the Economy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Syria is the Only Game in Town

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Waging Peace in Atlanta, by Britta Froelicher

Posted by Alex on Friday, December 19th, 2008

Imad Moustapha on Raid: Newsweek & FP

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 1st, 2008

News Round Up (17 Oct. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 17th, 2008

News Round UP (13 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Patrick Seale on the Damascus Summit

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Israel Peace Negotiator Quits; Hamas Leader Leaves Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Samir al-Taki’s talk at the Brookings Institute in Washington DC

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Palestinians, Refugees, Turks, Aleppines, Arar, Bloggers

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Turkey and Syria Discuss Nuclear Cooperation

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Syrian Israeli Peace Process

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 29th, 2008

More Firms Find Ways Around Sanctions on Syria and Iran

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

News Round Up (1 May 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 2nd, 2008

News Round Up (28 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

News Round Up (27 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Nukes or Peace?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

“U.S. Wary of Warming Syrian-Turkish Ties,” by Deborah Amos on NPR

Posted by Joshua on Friday, January 11th, 2008

Syriatel and Turkcell Courting

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 10th, 2007

How the Lebanese Delegation was Blindsided at Annapolis

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Announcing Creative Syria Forum’s November 2007 topic: Syria’s RegionalPolicies

Posted by Alex on Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Turkey – Syria Trade to Reach $5 Billion in 5 Years, Insha’allah: Hamshou Hit

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

News Round Up (3 Nov. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

News Round Up (Oct. 19 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 19th, 2007

Turkey and Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 19th, 2007

“Analysis: Iran, Syria in gas deal,” by Derek Sands

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

News Roundup (25 April 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 26th, 2007