Turkey

  • Jan 3, 2019
  • 2 min read

US confusion will encourage others to act in Syria

As US President Donald Trump sends mixed signals over troop withdrawal plans, regional forces are already manoeuvring

Syria
  • Dec 27, 2018
  • 7 min read

Trump leaves field to Putin and Erdogan in Syria

Trump has unblocked Turkish military invasion of Kurdish-held territory in Syria

Turkey
  • Dec 24, 2018
  • 7 min read

Syria's Kurds may be forced to align with Damascus

The United States has said it will withdraw its troops, which have been supporting Kurdish-led forces in the north-east

Syria
  • Dec 24, 2018
  • 2 min read

Arms smuggling to Libya may lead to more attacks

The country’s dual administrations had previously requested that the UN investigate illegal arms shipments to Libya

Libya
  • Dec 21, 2018
  • 6 min read

Policy doubts will keep Turkish assets under strain

Turkey is enjoying a relief rally after lira weakness, despite sharp economic slowdown in the third quarter

Turkey
  • Dec 21, 2018
  • 2 min read

Syria’s Kurds will face multiple security threats

US officials have said air operations in Syria are likely to end, alongside Trump’s promise to pull out ground troops

Syria
  • Dec 13, 2018
  • 2 min read

Kurds’ US allies complicate Turkish push into Syria

Erdogan seems to be gambling that he can clear the Syrian border of Kurdish militias without harming their US allies

Turkey
  • Dec 11, 2018
  • 2 min read

Turkey could be in recession by year-end

Adjusted figures show the economy shrinking between the second and third quarters; it may not recover by the March polls

Turkey