History Suggests That Addressing Kurdish Demands Is Essential to Peace in the Middle East
The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
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Syrian power shift: Turkey eyes new military foothold
According to Reuters, the new Syrian authorities, led by interim President Ahmed al-Shara, are negotiating a defense pact ...
Bashar al-Assad's strategy of chaos
The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...
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Bucharest to the Ottoman Empire
This is the eleventh part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time in worlds beyond the ...
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Once America's Enemy, This Powerhouse Now Has Nearly 80,000 Military Vehicles at the Ready
Around the world, rising military powers are rapidly modernizing their vehicle fleets. They are investing in new armored ...
Turkey ends former Afghan government’s diplomatic tenure, paving way for Taliban-appointed mission
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has terminated the mission of diplomats appointed by Afghanistan’s former pro-Western government ...
A Russian spy ship caught fire off Syria’s coast, officials say. Here’s audio of its broadcasts
The AP has obtained audio of what military officials say is a broadcast from the Kildin, a Russian spy ship that drifted ...
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Turkey, Syria draft road map to strengthen Syrian military: What we know
Ankara and Damascus are working on a plan for defense cooperation, according to a Turkish official, who added that Turkey's ...