Will Jordan Normalize Relations with Syria?

The sad tragedy of US President Donald Trump’s precipitous decision to suddenly abandon the Kurds of northern Syria is that it may have been inevitable. Turkey had long warned the Americans that it viscerally opposed its partnership with the People’s Protection Units (YGP) — a Syrian Kurdish militia. Seen by Ankara as an affiliate of the long-banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of Turkey, there was no way that this partnership...

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Climate Change in Egypt: Death on the Nile

The sad tragedy of US President Donald Trump’s precipitous decision to suddenly abandon the Kurds of northern Syria is that it may have been inevitable. Turkey had long warned the Americans that it viscerally opposed its partnership with the People’s Protection Units (YGP) — a Syrian Kurdish militia. Seen by Ankara as an affiliate of the long-banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of Turkey, there was no way that this partnership...

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The Case for Safe Zones in Syria

The sad tragedy of US President Donald Trump’s precipitous decision to suddenly abandon the Kurds of northern Syria is that it may have been inevitable. Turkey had long warned the Americans that it viscerally opposed its partnership with the People’s Protection Units (YGP) — a Syrian Kurdish militia. Seen by Ankara as an affiliate of the long-banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of Turkey, there was no way that this partnership...

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Understanding the War in Syria

The sad tragedy of US President Donald Trump’s precipitous decision to suddenly abandon the Kurds of northern Syria is that it may have been inevitable. Turkey had long warned the Americans that it viscerally opposed its partnership with the People’s Protection Units (YGP) — a Syrian Kurdish militia. Seen by Ankara as an affiliate of the long-banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of Turkey, there was no way that this partnership...

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After Chemical Attack, It’s Time to Get Rid of the “Muslim Ban”

The sad tragedy of US President Donald Trump’s precipitous decision to suddenly abandon the Kurds of northern Syria is that it may have been inevitable. Turkey had long warned the Americans that it viscerally opposed its partnership with the People’s Protection Units (YGP) — a Syrian Kurdish militia. Seen by Ankara as an affiliate of the long-banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of Turkey, there was no way that this partnership...

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How Russia Changed Turkey’s Policy in Syria

The sad tragedy of US President Donald Trump’s precipitous decision to suddenly abandon the Kurds of northern Syria is that it may have been inevitable. Turkey had long warned the Americans that it viscerally opposed its partnership with the People’s Protection Units (YGP) — a Syrian Kurdish militia. Seen by Ankara as an affiliate of the long-banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of Turkey, there was no way that this partnership...

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