Can pretty much always count on this man for a good read! November 28 2022 The series of airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northern Syria by Turkish jets in the past week come amid heightened concerns over Ankara’s threat to launch a ground operation. Such actions are not without precedent, yet have thus far achieved little in […]
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an oped from Andrew Korbyko at Rio Times Worth reading. The New Cold War that the US provoked has suddenly taken an unexpected turn whereby that declining unipolar hegemon is now backstabbing its Turkish mutual defense ally as punishment for its leadership’s independent foreign policy. The US is actively waging a Hybrid War of Terror […]
Turkey has begun retaliatory strikes against PKK targets in northern Syria. The media is treading carefully on the reporting. However, it’s clear that Turkey struck a military base in occupied Syria. One of the many military bases the US shares with it’s PKK counterparts Turkey carries out deadly strike on base used by Kurdish group […]
The deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, was set to expire on Saturday, and will now continue for at least another 120 days. This deal applies to Russian and Ukrainian grain, fertilizer etc., Legacy western media only addresses one side of the deal. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said he welcomed the agreement by […]
Including only the most relevant information. The rift is a chasm. And has been for a good long while now Spectator UK However, the standoff has also fueled a deepening divide between the country and the West, as Erdogan regularly accuses the US of supporting the Marxist PKK. Last year, he blasted President Joe Biden’s […]
Reuters Talks between Russia and the United States took place in Ankara on Monday, the TASS news agency reported, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/kremlin-says-us-russian-spy-chiefs-meeting-in-turkish-capital-held-at-request-of-us/2737899 The undisclosed meeting of the heads of the CIA and the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service was held in the Turkish capital Ankara at the request of the US, the Kremlin […]
Daily Mail Today, police footage shared with Turkish media shows officers arresting Albashir, who is from Syria, at a house where she was allegedly hiding. The suspect’s arrest comes as CCTV appears to show the suspected bomber running away from the scene of the explosion, reports local newspaper Aksam. https://www.aksam.com.tr/trend/istiklalde-bombayi-birakan-teroristin-kacis-ani-ortaya-cikti/haber-1319335 Minutes after the bomb explosion, […]
One can hardly blame them, really. Following up on yesterday’s news; Yenisafak and Daily Sabah Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Türkiye will not accept the condolences issued by the United States over Sunday’s terrorist attack that claimed six lives on Istanbul’s Istiklal Street on Sunday. His remarks on Monday followed statements by Turkish officials hitting […]
If I was to make an educated guess…. I’d have to say this looks to be the work of the PKK. All very maddening for NATO/US. The US has been loudly expressing it’s displeasure with Turkey. For years now. PKK being a NATO affiliated irregular army.All these issues and the likelihood of a female bomber […]
….the border between Syria and Turkey. Nothing changes. I mean this exact reality was one that was occurring years ago and it continues to this day. This is not Turkish rhetoric. This is the reality I was able to discern years ago. Writing prolifically about this at my censored blog. Link The Syrian wing of […]