Tag: NATO
BRUSSELS – After spending four tumultuous days engulfed in the chaotic ramifications of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper lashed out Thursday at Turkey for its military assault across ...
In the weeks since US President Donald J. Trump ignored his own military advisors’ warnings and ordered the sudden withdrawal of all American forces in Syria, which then led to an invasion of northern Syria by the ...
BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN On June 6, Patrick Shanahan, Acting Defense Secretary of the United States, sent a harsh letter to his counterpart, Hulusi Akar, Turkey’s Minister of Defense. Shanahan threatened to end Turkey’s participation in ...
The protracted dispute between the US and Turkey could be resolved amicably, but the underlying tensions that strain ties between Washington and Ankara may persist — and worsen. The United States and Turkey have engaged ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a joint news conference following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 8, 2019.Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool ...
Erdogan, whose party lost Turkey’s internal elections, insists on purchase of Russian S-400 missiles, may find itself eased out of NATO. For the first time since Turkey’s Islamist leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan ascended to power, ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at The Kremlin in Moscow on April 8. (MAXIM SHIPENKOV/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) Strains in U.S.-Turkish relations are leading Erdogan into Putin’s embrace. Smart diplomacy and ...
Employees check passeports of passengers before checking-in at the new “Istanbul Airport” on the first day after it moved from Ataturk International airport on April 6, 2019 in Istanbul. Ataturk International airport has moved on ...
Turkey is at a critical point in its relations with the West. While we wait to see whether the nasty surprise that Recep Tayyip Erdogan got in his country’s local elections will lead him to ...
Next month’s NATO summit will be a tense gathering, perhaps one of the most tense since the organization’s founding at the end of the Second World War. European members are likely to demand answers for ...