Slavin: Turkey Grants Access for US Warplanes as Syrian War Escalates

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Slavin: Turkey Grants Access for US Warplanes as Syrian War Escalates

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Slavin: Turkey Grants Access for US Warplanes as Syrian War Escalates

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Jul 29, 2015

Slavin: Turkey Grants Access for US Warplanes as Syrian War Escalates

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Voice of America on the US alliance with Turkey to combat ISIS in Syria: 

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In the News

Jul 29, 2015

Stein on Turkey’s War Against ISIS and the Kurds

By Aaron Stein

Bloomberg quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein on how Turkey’s two front war against both the Kurds and ISIS may hurt the US focus on ISIS:

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Then Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, May 28, 2010

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Jul 28, 2015

Turkey’s Erdogan Calls on NATO to ‘Do Its Part’

By Anadolu Agency

Turkey’s president on Tuesday called on NATO to “do its part” in helping address the country’s concerns over security on its borders.

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Jul 28, 2015

Press Call on US-Turkey Cooperation in Syria

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/atlanticcouncil/press-call-on-us-turkey-cooperation-in-syria {/soundcloud} Atlantic CouncilPress Call – US-Turkey Cooperation in Syria Speakers: Frank Ricciardone, Vice President and Director, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council Frederic C. Hof, Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council Moderator: Samia Yakub, Associate Director, Communications, Atlantic Council Time: 9:00 a.m. EDT Date: Tuesday, July […]

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NATO meeting to discuss terrorists attacks in Turkey, July 28, 2015

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Jul 28, 2015

NATO Backs Turkey on Islamic State, Some Allies Urge Peace with Kurds

By Robin Emmott and Nick Tattersall, Reuters

NATO gave Turkey its full political support in fighting militants in Syria and Iraq at an emergency meeting on Tuesday but several nations urged Ankara not to undermine the Kurdish peace process by using excessive military force.

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In the News

Jul 28, 2015

Ricciardone on Turkey’s Focus on Crushing Kurdish Separatists

By Francis J. Ricciardone

The New York Times quotes Vice President and Rafik Hariri Center Director Francis J. Ricciardone on how Turkey’s focus on crushing Kurdish separatists complicates the fight against ISIS:

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MENASource

Jul 28, 2015

The US-Turkey Alliance Against Whom?

By MENASource

The recent deal between Turkey and the United States that allows US air power to use the Incirlik airbase in exchange for maintaining a safe zone along the Turkish-Syrian border represents Turkey’s boldest step yet in the war on the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).

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In the News

Jul 28, 2015

Stein on Turkish Political Conflicts

By Aaron Stein

The Huffington Post quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein on the political implications of Turkish conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in light of the coming elections:

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North Atlantic Council meeting following Turkey’s request for Article 4 consultations, July 28, 2015

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Jul 28, 2015

NATO Allies Issue Statement of Solidarity with Turkey

By NATO

The North Atlantic Council met today at Turkey’s request to hold consultations under Article 4 of the Washington Treaty, which states that “the parties will consult whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence, or security of any of the parties is threatened.”

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Jul 27, 2015

The Northern Syria “Safe Zone”

By Frederic C. Hof

Reports of an American and Turkish agreement to close a sixty mile stretch of the Syria-Turkey border to the Islamic State (ISIL or ISIS) and to create—to an as yet undisclosed depth—a protected “safe zone” from the border south into Aleppo Province may signal a dramatic turn of Obama administration policy toward the crisis in […]

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