Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz: Analysis The Real Reason Behind Turkey’s Skirmish Into Syria
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Turks invaded Syria in order to combat ‘Kurdish terror,’ but preventing three Kurdish districts establishing territorial contiguity along the border is no less important
On the sixth day of Turkey’s incursion into the Kurdish district of Afrin, an international movement has begun to try to stop the galloping Turkish assault into Syria.
Germany announced Thursday it would halt arms shipments and suspend the deal it signed to upgrade Turkey’s German-manufactured tanks. France convened a special meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday, and U.S. President Donald Trump warned Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday to “avoid any actions that might risk conflict between Turkish and American forces” in Syria.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 27, 2018
4 factors affecting Turkey's new operation in Syria -- Metin Gurcan, Al Monitor
Turkey plays its latest card in the New Great Game -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
With Turkey’s Rush to War Against Syrian Kurds, What Is the Endgame in Afrin? -- Aron Lund, WPR
President Trump leans into Syria’s war -- Firas Maksad, The Hill
What Are We Still Doing in Syria? -- Michael Brendan Dougherty, NRO
Russia's Syria talks in Sochi are destined for failure -- Assaad al-Achiby Assaad al-Achi, Al Jazeera
Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan: Intimidate the Palestinians Into Surrender -- Jonah Shepp, NYMag
How Trump Can Help the Palestinians and Promote Peace -- Jonathan Schanzer and Richard Goldberg, Politico
Unrest in Iran will continue until religious rule ends -- Haidar Khezri, Asia Times
Mattis signals harder line in South China Sea -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times
North Korea Is Not Trump's Biggest Problem in Asia -- Richard Javad Heydarian, National Interest
Who are the Haqqanis, Afghanistan's most feared insurgents? -- AFP
Why are aid organisations increasingly targeted? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera
France’s Nutella riots aren’t funny -- Pauline Bock, New Statesman
Trump Conquers the Globalists -- Jacob Heilbrunn, National Interest
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