Syria

  • Feb 28, 2020
  • 2 min read

Ankara’s policy in Syria will end in humiliation

Turkey has responded to its heaviest military loss since 1993 by dropping controls on migrants heading for Europe

Turkey
  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 7 min read

Ceasefire may ultimately dislodge Turkey from Syria

Idlib and Libyan adventures aim at boosting Erdogan’s flagging domestic support by posing as regional superpower

Turkey
  • Feb 25, 2020
  • 8 min read

Russia pursues its own aims, not Iran's, in Syria

Close military coordination has been a winning formula, but it is not an alliance

Russia
  • Feb 24, 2020
  • 2 min read

Summit is Turkey's best hope against Syrian Idlib push

Turkey’s intervention in north-western Syria alongside the rebels is failing, leaving a four-power summit its best hope

Turkey
  • Feb 21, 2020
  • 2 min read

Risk of Russia-Turkey clash in Syria may prompt pause

Two Turkish soldiers have died in an airstrike in Syria that Russia initially said it carried out

Russia
  • Feb 20, 2020
  • 2 min read

Misery will grow in Syria’s Idlib, despite diplomacy

Nearly 1 million people are on the move, without shelter and facing a closed Turkish border

Syria
  • Feb 18, 2020
  • 2 min read

Russia-Turkey entente in Libya fails

The remarkable ability of Moscow and Ankara to get along despite deep differences on Syria and Libya seems to be failing

Russia
  • Feb 17, 2020
  • 2 min read

Iran’s Syrian and Lebanese allies will set local goals

Damascus has made major advances on the Aleppo front, where Iran-backed militias and Lebanese Hezbollah play a key role

Syria