Turkey
Middle East refugee return would destabilise situation
Turkey and Jordan wish to return Syrian refugees voluntarily, while Lebanon has outlined a forced return proposal
Middle EastTurkey is adopting a more statesmanlike pose abroad
Mending fences with regional enemies and mediating in third-party disputes buttress Turkey’s status as a world power
TurkeyFighting escalates on several fronts in Syria
Fighting was reported yesterday near Aleppo between Turkish-backed forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces
SyriaIraq’s UN resolution unlikely to be approved
Iraq demanded that Turkey withdraw its troops from the country at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council
IraqAnkara will increase proportion of regime-loyal judges
The regime does not have every judge in its pocket, but AKP partisans are gradually replacing older unaligned judges
TurkeyArmenia-Turkey relations improve against the odds
A long and bitter enmity complicated by Armenian-Azerbaijani mistrust seems to be being transformed by a new pragmatism
ArmeniaTurkey persuades Russia to let Ukraine export grain
Turkish mediation has secured a deal unblocking Ukraine's grain exports; it should be signed today
TurkeyIraq-Turkey ties suffer because of missile attack
Baghdad has lamed Ankara for a missile attack on a resort area that resulted in the death of eight Iraqi tourists
Iraq
