We will find out the geographic, operational and contextual details of the planned safe zone between Turkey and U.S., in the east of River Euphrates in Syria, when discussions conclude.
A key aspect of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s discourse on Daesh, the Arabic acronym for ISIL, is his view that the organization is a project that some circles are using as a pretext for plans they are attempting to implement in Syria.
A recent column which ran the headline “What’s happening in Idlib?” published last Thursday, was about conflicts recommencing between Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the extension of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, and armed opposition groups which Turkey supports after a relative period of tranquility.
“Germany will not let its concerns about the human rights situation in Turkey overshadow its efforts to develop its economic relations. Rather than having a heated debate on certain issues in front of the public it is more appropriate to talk about them among friends.”
“Turkey has shown one more time that it follows an independent foreign policy and is our trusted ally,” Russian leader Vladimir Putin said while referring to the second natural gas pipeline project at the beginning of his meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a G20 summit in Buenos Aires on Dec. 1.
Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s dramatic decision last week to “pull out” from Syria, we have entered an “open-ended” process in the country where all dynamics have been upended and power balances will be reformatted. The new period brings with it at this stage several unknowns and critical challenges.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 12 announced that a military operation to the east of the Euphrates River would begin “in a few days.”
Nikol Pashinyan, 43, gained his reputation in his early 20s as a young journalist who uncovered a corruption case. He is famous for unflinchingly confronting the oligarchs of Armenia and politicians and bureaucrats close to them.
Is Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) one of the most frightening terror organizations which is creating a serious threat on the field today in Syria and Iraq; or a structure limited to “some small gangs and remnants,” used by some powers to stir up the region?
