by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 31, 2017 | Middle East
Turkey on Tuesday said the US arming of a Kurdish militia force deemed a terror group by Ankara was “extremely dangerous”, a day after Washington announced that it started distributing arms to the militia. The Pentagon on Tuesday said it had begun to...
by Noah Feldman | May 30, 2017 | Opinion
It’s an idea that Syria, Russia and the US all might be willing to tolerate. Turkey however … Outside the headlines, something remarkable is going on in Syria. The Kurds, making a long-term play for an autonomous region, seem to have decided that their...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 27, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara, Beirut – Ankara hinted on Friday it could attack US forces in the northeast of Syria if Washington continues to provide Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) with weapons. The Turkish position came while the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2017 | World
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday the ISIS-claimed Manchester bombing proved the need for NATO allies to cooperate more closely and share information swiftly to confront terrorism. Erdogan said member states of the military alliance must acknowledge...
by Said Abdul Razzak | May 17, 2017 | World
Ankara – Turkish diplomatic sources said that Ankara would fail to agree with Washington on two key issues, including the extradition of Turkish preacher Muhammed Fethullah Gulen, who is accused by Turkish authorities of plotting last year’s coup attempt, and the...
