‘How I joined the jihadis by mistake’
Source: BBC More than 300 people from Kosovo went to join Islamists fighting “holy war” in Syria and Iraq – per capita the highest number in Europe. But not all […]
Negotiations continue between rebels and the Syrian Army, but the bombardment of Ghouta won’t stop any time soon
Exclusive: Ghouta will fall. That is the message. And when it falls, Idlib must surely be next. And then the Syrians must decide how to break the US-Kurdish hold on Raqqa Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Syria continues to mass its armed forces around the east Ghouta enclave of Damascus, […]
Amateur hour in the Middle East
Feb 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Gwynne Dyer On Sunday, it was revealed that the Syrian army has made a deal to help the Syrian Kurds, who are technically rebels, fight off the Turkish invasion of Afrin, a chunk of Syrian territory on the north-western border with Turkey that has […]
View from Turkey: Washington’s $5 billion gift to Iran
THE EDITORIAL BOARD ISTANBUL DAILY SABAH, ISTANBUL On Tuesday, a group of pro-Assad militias backed by Iran attempted to enter the Afrin town center just hours after Syrian state media announced the imminent deployment of regime forces to the area. Afrin has been under the control of […]
New phase in the struggle for Syria
Feb 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The deadly and destructive war in Syria did not end with the fall of Daesh’s capital at Raqqa, in the […]
Turkey-US train crash has been avoided — for now
Yasar Yakis | Published — Monday 19 February 2018 With a view to lowering the tension in Turkish-American relations, US National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster […]
Turks propose joint deployment with US in Syria as allies aim to mend ties
Reuters International This content was published on February 16, 2018 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after a news conference in Ankara, […]
Amidst crowded battlefields, Syria’s welfare is lost
Feb 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi There are at least seven discernible war fronts in Syria all occurring at the same time, but on different arenas. Of course, the warring parties are at each other’s throats and they all say they are fighting terrorists! Syria is now […]
View from Turkey: Does Uncle Sam have a hearing problem?
İLNUR ÇEVIK @ilnurcevik What Turkey is facing with the U.S. administration over the past few year is a dialogue of the deaf Articles COLUMNS Wouldn’t you question America’s friendship? […]
Tillerson faces prospect of ‘Ottoman slap’ amid Turkey tensions
By Nicole Gaouette February 15, 2018 Tensions grow between the US, Turkey Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Rex Tillerson faces perhaps the most difficult stop of his Mideast trip […]
View from Turkey: Open letter to Rex Tillerson
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Daily Sabah, Istanbul Mr. Tillerson! Welcome to Turkey. We at Daily Sabah expect you to take a leading role in ending the manic nature of what […]
Avoiding a cliffhanger showdown in Syria
Osama Al Sharif » Feb 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syria has become a congested arena for various state and no-state combatants, each with its own agenda. So much so […]
Most displaced Syrians are in the Middle East, and about a million are in Europe
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR Displaced Syrians from Deir Ezzor head to refugee camps on the outskirts of Raqqa on Sept. 24 as Syrian fighters backed by U.S. special […]
A prelude to wider conflict
Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL With downing of an Israeli warplane on Saturday by Syrian air defences, followed by more Israeli strikes at Syrian and Iranian military targets in Syria, the stage could be set for further escalation of tensions between Israel and Syria that could extend to Iranian military presence […]
A low-intensity world war in the Middle East
YAHYA BOSTAN @yahyabostan Since the future of the Middle East seems highly blurred, Turkey, like other actors in the region, needs to accordingly take measures for its own security The proxy wars in the Middle East slowly give way to new confrontations that pit the real parties against each other. […]
Turkey’s resolve to eliminate YPG collides with US support for terrorists in Manbij
ŞEYMA NAZLI GÜRBÜZ, MEHMET ÇELIK ISTANBUL A US military vehicle= drives near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, on March 5, […]
800 female Daesh terrorists detained in northern Syria
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA BERLIN Some 800 women who had joined Daesh are being detained in the Kurdish regions of northern Syria with their children, German newspaper Die Welt reported on Saturday, citing a terrorism expert from Human Rights Watch (HRW). Among the 800 were 15 German women, […]
View from Turkey: Proxy wars are over, when will the US wake up?
MELIH ALTINOK @melihaltinok The Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have capitalized much on terrorists, especially since the 9/11 attacks. For instance, al-Qaeda – which emerged from among the […]
Syria Christians hold first prayer in years in ravaged Deir Ezzor church
Residents slowly trickle back to the city after recapture from Daesh By AFP – Feb 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Ignatius Aphrem II, gives a sermon […]
‘Russian pilot killed after Syria rebels down plane’
By AFP – Feb 03,2018 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Saturday shows smoke billows from the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in the Syrian city of […]