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Aktürk: The relationship between the Turkish and Syrian presidents was broken after the Assad regime launched its policy of mass murder

(Al Jazeera) Ten years ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, then prime minister of Turkey, hosted Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad for a family holiday in the Aegean resort of Bodrum as relations between Turkey and Syria soared to new…

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Putin’s Anti-Israeli ‘Surge’ in Syria

(EDM) The Russian Ministry of Defense did not wait long to deliver its promised S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Syria. On the night of October 3, a huge An-124 Ruslan transport plane…

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US Again Calls Russia’s Bluff on Syria

(EDM) For a week following the April 7 chemical attack in Douma (a suburb or Damascus, Syria), Russia was high-strung with anxiety about the United States’ forthcoming punishment of the Bashar…

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What does the KRG referendum mean for Arabs, Turks, and Middle East?

(Anadolu Agency) The significance of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s unilateral decision to hold a referendum for secession from Iraq cannot be overstated. Both the arguments in favor of and against the…

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Russia Tries to Conclude Its Syrian Venture

(EDM) The working dinner in Ankara, last Thursday (September 27), between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, was not a productive affair or a cordial meeting of…

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Baev: Relations between Turkey and Russia may appear to be friendly but they are loaded with contradictions

(RUDAW) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons deal, hoping to strengthen an increasingly active relationship…

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Are China and Russia Teaming Up in Southern Europe?

(PONARS Policy Memo) Southern Europe has been a new area of focus for the Sino-Russian partnership in recent years. Cultural and religious ties with Orthodox majority states have long given…

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Interview with Troitskiy: Russian-backed Syria peace talks suffer a setback

(ABC Australia) The latest effort to bring peace to Syria has suffered a major setback with the main opposition group walking out of Russian-backed talks, despite Vladmir Putin holding 24…

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Pressure Points: The Syria Intervention as an Instrument of Russia’s EU Policy

(PONARS Policy Memo) The U.S. missile strike on Syria’s al-Shayrat airbase may not signify a major change in the course of the tragic civil war (as it had momentarily seemed), but…

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Turkey’s Role in the Arab Spring and the Syrian Conflict

(Turkish Policy Quarterly) Turkish involvement in the Arab Spring and the Syrian civil war began at a time when Turkey’s impressive record of democratic progress and economic growth in the 2000s…

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Aktürk: The relationship between the Turkish and Syrian presidents was broken after the Assad regime launched its policy of mass murder

Putin’s Anti-Israeli ‘Surge’ in Syria

US Again Calls Russia’s Bluff on Syria

What does the KRG referendum mean for Arabs, Turks, and Middle East?

Russia Tries to Conclude Its Syrian Venture

Baev: Relations between Turkey and Russia may appear to be friendly but they are loaded with contradictions

Are China and Russia Teaming Up in Southern Europe?

Interview with Troitskiy: Russian-backed Syria peace talks suffer a setback

Pressure Points: The Syria Intervention as an Instrument of Russia’s EU Policy

Turkey’s Role in the Arab Spring and the Syrian Conflict