ABD ve Türkiye Esad konusunda anlaştı mı? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Nis 2, 2017

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attend a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTX33DCF — ABD Dışişleri Bakanı Rex Tillerson ve Türk mevkidaşı Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Ankara’da düzenledikleri basın toplantısında, 30 Mart 2017 — REUTERS/Umit Bektas

ABD’den Esad konusunda geri adım

Trump yönetiminden gelen bir dizi açıklama ABD’nin artık Suriye Devlet Başkanı Beşar Esad’ı aktif bir şekilde indirme peşinde olmadığını ortaya koyuyor. Peki, bu açıklamaların Dışişleri Bakanı Rex Tillerson’ın bu hafta Türkiye’ye yaptığı ziyarete denk gelmesi tesadüf mü?

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, Turkey, March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX33CKX

Tillerson leaves Ankara with no new enemies — or friends

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Members of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attend the funeral of eight fellow fighters who died during an assault against the Islamic State (IS) group in the town of Manbij, in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane (aka Ain al-Arab) on June 24, 2016. In the background a Martyrs memorial is under construction.
The US-backed Kurdish and Arab forces, pushed further into the Islamic State group stronghold of Manbij, seizing a key road junction and grain silos overlooking the city, a monitoring group said. The city l

Is Manbij the latest Kurdish poke in Erdogan's eye?

Berzan Iso

Berzan Iso

A tank belonging to Turkish soldiers and Ankara-backed Syrian Arab fighters is seen in the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin in northwestern Syria after they took control of it from Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) on March 18, 2018.
Turkish-backed rebels have seized the centre of Afrin city in northern Syria, Ankara said, as they made rapid gains in their campaign against Kurdish forces. A civilian inside Afrin said that rebels had deployed in the city centre and that the Kurdish People's Protection Un

Turkey’s Kurdish policies provoke backlash everywhere

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Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sit in the bucket of an excavator in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 20, 2019. Picture taken March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC115D5A9480

Syrian Kurds fear US sellout to Turkey on ‘safe zone’

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