Tag: Turkey
Rival factions in Libya’s civil war both claim that Russia has transferred six MiG-29 fighters and two Su-24 attack jets to Al Jufra airbase in central Libya to support the Benghazi-based Libyan National Army (LNA) faction led ...
As most readers will be aware, victims of the Syrian conflict have scant opportunities for justice. Russia has vetoed a French-led effort to refer the situation to the International Criminal Court (ICC), so instead, there ...
European countries should try to revive the political approach to resolving the Libya conflict, particularly given that Turkey may want to do so from its current position of strength. Libya doesn’t do incremental change, it ...
Now, with the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis, Turkey has itself become a hostage. Two years ago Nate Schenkkan, a project director at Freedom House, claimed that hostage-taking had become Turkey’s new foreign policy. He ...
(Bloomberg Opinion) — It may be the closest thing to a foreign-policy success that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has had in years: Turkey’s intervention in Libya’s civil war has seemingly turned the tide in favor ...
Is the Turkish president Erdogan using the fight against coronavirus to silence the few remaining critical press voices in the country? Opposition and journalists fear a new wave of censorship. Fear is mounting among Turkey’s ...
Ever since early March, when Russia and Turkey sealed a deal on Idlib, it’s been an open question as to how Turkey will force the armed groups controlling the last rebel stronghold to toe the ...
The Central Bank of Turkey has stepped in and cut the policy rate to single digits, at 9.75%, for the first time since mid-2018. The bank also announced a number of actions to maintain the proper ...
As health officials reported Turkey’s third death linked to the coronavirus Thursday, analysts said the government will need to pursue significant fiscal interventions to stave off long-term economic impacts resulting from the global pandemic. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a $15.4 ...
Before Russiagate, the former national security advisor was an operative for Turkey, tilting foreign policy against the Kurds. Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is best known for his connection to the Russiagate investigation. Lost ...