Dr. Ibrahim Karatas is a political analyst and journalist who specializes in Turkish foreign policy, the Middle East and security.
It is now official that the Turkish government plans to re-approach the Assad regime after a long period of enmity, literally when the Arab Spring stretched out to Syria in 2011. There were unofficial meetings between the intelligence services of the two countries, but first Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu, then president Recep Tayyip Erdogan disclosed the plan to encourage the Syrian opposition to reconcile with Bashar al-Assad. The regime,
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on May 23 that the Turkish army will take steps to complete the remainder of a 30-kilometer safe zone along its southern border. Erdogan pointed out that the goal is to eliminate terrorist bases of the YPG close to the Turkish border, from where the terrorist organization conducts attacks on Turkish military bases located both in Turkey and Syria. Particularly, attacks from Manbij, Tal
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It is now official that the Turkish government plans to re-approach the Assad regime after a long period of enmity, literally when the Arab Spring stretched out to Syria in 2011. There
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on May 23 that the Turkish army will take steps to complete the remainder of a 30-kilometer safe zone along its southern border. Erdogan pointed out
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