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Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Friday, February 19, 2016
Turkey Blames Kurdish Militia for Ankara Attack, Challenging U.S.
By TIM ARANGO and CEYLAN YEGINSUFEB. 18, 2016
The New York Time
BAGHDAD — In blaming a Syrian Kurdish militia supported by the United States for a deadly car bombing in Ankara, Turkey added new urgency on Thursday to a question its president recently posed to the Obama administration: Are you on the side of a NATO ally — Turkey — or its enemies?
The militia, which adamantly denies any role in the bombing, is the administration’s most important ground force inside Syria in the fight against the militants of the Islamic State. But it is also fast becoming an enemy of Turkey, which views the militia as a national security threat because of its links to another Kurdish militant group that is battling for autonomy within Turkey.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Kurds Warn Turkey of ‘Big War’ With Russia If Troops Enter Syria
Henry Meyer
Stepan Kravchenko
Bloomberg
February 18, 2016 — 2:51 PM EET Updated on February 18, 2016 — 5:18 PM EET
Russia has promised to protect Kurdish fighters in Syria in case of a ground offensive by Turkey, a move that would lead to a “big war,” the Syrian group’s envoy to Moscow said in an interview on Wednesday.
“We take this threat very seriously because the ruling party in Turkey is a party of war,” Rodi Osman, head of the Syrian Kurds’ newly-opened representative office said in Kurdish via a Russian interpreter. “Russia will respond if there is an invasion. This isn’t only about the Kurds, they will defend the territorial sovereignty of Syria.”
Stepan Kravchenko
Bloomberg
February 18, 2016 — 2:51 PM EET Updated on February 18, 2016 — 5:18 PM EET
Russia has promised to protect Kurdish fighters in Syria in case of a ground offensive by Turkey, a move that would lead to a “big war,” the Syrian group’s envoy to Moscow said in an interview on Wednesday.
“We take this threat very seriously because the ruling party in Turkey is a party of war,” Rodi Osman, head of the Syrian Kurds’ newly-opened representative office said in Kurdish via a Russian interpreter. “Russia will respond if there is an invasion. This isn’t only about the Kurds, they will defend the territorial sovereignty of Syria.”
Hundreds of armed rebels cross from Turkey into Syria, says monitor
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports 500 insurgents
and Islamist fighters headed for town of Azaz where anti-Assad forces have lost
ground
The Guardian
At least 500 rebels on Wednesday crossed the Turkish border,
a monitor said, and headed for the Syrian town of Azaz in northern Aleppo
province where opposition forces have suffered setbacks at the hands of Kurdish
fighters.
“At least 500 rebels have crossed the Bab al-Salam border
crossing on their way to the town of Azaz, from which they want to help the
insurgents in the face of gains made by Kurdish forces in the north of the
province,” the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel,
told Agence France-Presse.
Ankara blast: Turkey vows retaliation for deadly bomb attack
18-2-2016
49 minutes ago
BBC
Turkey has vowed to retaliate against the perpetrators of a
powerful blast in the capital Ankara that left at least 28 people dead and 61
injured.
"Turkey will not shy away from using its right to
self-defence at any time, any place or any occasion," President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan said.
Officials said a vehicle full of explosives was detonated as
military buses were passing by on Wednesday.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
NATO and Europe’s Refugee Crisis
By THE EDITORIAL
BOARDFEB. 16, 2016
The New York Times
The announcement last
Thursday that NATO would send ships to patrol the Aegean in an effort to break
up the smuggling rings ferrying desperate refugees and migrants from Turkey to
Greece is, at this point, more a symbolic show of solidarity than anything else.
Even so, it reflects a heightened sense of urgency about the refugee crisis and
sends a strong signal that the Western alliance stands ready to help Europe
cope with it.
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Turkey Moves to Clamp Down on Border, Long a Revolving Door
By TIM ARANGODEC. 22, 2015
The New
York Times
Down south,
at the border with Syria , Turkey is
building a concrete wall, digging trenches, laying razor wire and at night
illuminating vast stretches of land in an effort to cut off the flow of supplies
and foreign fighters to the Islamic State.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Turkey says has duty to protect soldiers in Iraq after Baghdad ultimatum
Mon Dec 7,
2015 7:56am EST Related: WORLD, TURKEY ,
IRAQ
ISTANBUL/ERBIL
| BY DAREN BUTLER
AND ISABEL COLES
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Russia and Turkey Hurl Insults as Feud Deepens
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
DEC. 3, 2015
DEC. 3, 2015
The New
York Times
The Kremlin
also said that the long-delayed transfer of the S-300 air defense system to Iran had started, a move that strengthens one of
Turkey ’s regional rivals
while raising concerns in Israel .
Friday, November 27, 2015
Memo to Putin: Syria Is Turkey's Ukraine
49 NOV 27,
2015 2:00 AM EST
By Marc
Champion
Bloomberg
Russian
leaders have evidently been shocked by Turkey 's
deliberate decision to shoot down one of their planes, which they say was
motivated by Turkey 's
alleged support for Islamic State and greed for the proceeds of smuggled
terrorist oil. A simpler explanation is that Russia would have done the same.
Here is the
hypothetical: What would President Vladimir Putin do if civil war broke out in
a neighboring country, which had been part of the Russian empire for centuries
before breaking away under circumstances, and with borders, that Russians still
found difficult to accept? What would he do if, in that war, some of the rebels
were ethnic Russians at risk of being brutally crushed by the armed forces of
the neighboring state?
Actually,
that's not so hypothetical; it pretty much describes eastern Ukraine . And we
know what Russia
did -- it became heavily involved in a poorly concealed invasion.
Russia to Target Syria Jihadists as Hollande Seeks Diplomacy
Andrey Biryukov Helene Fouquet Henry Meyer
November
26, 2015 — 10:48 PM EET Updated on November 27, 2015 — 9:02 AM EET
Bloomberg
Russia Plans Sanctions After Turkey Downs Warplane
Nataliya
Vasilyeva, James Ellingworth / Associated Press
Updated: Nov. 26, 2015 12:36 PM
ΤΙΜΕ
It's
further retaliation against Turkey
after its airforce shot down a Russian jet
(MOSCOW ) — Russia plans to retaliate against Turkey for the
downing of a warplane by imposing sanctions, cutting economic ties and
scrapping major investment projects.
Since the
plane was shot down Tuesday on the Syria-Turkey border, Russia has
already restricted tourism, left Turkish trucks stranded at the border and
confiscated large quantities of Turkish food imports.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian Jet
By KEITH BRADSHERNOV. 25, 2015
The New
York Times
ANKARA,
Turkey — Turkey and Russia promised on Wednesday not to go to war over the
downing of a Russian military jet, leaving Turkey’s still-nervous NATO allies
and just about everyone else wondering why the country decided to risk such a
serious confrontation.
The reply
from the Turkish government so far has been consistent: Don’t say we didn’t
warn you.
Though
minor airspace violations are fairly common and usually tolerated, Turkey had repeatedly called in Russia ’s ambassador to complain about aircraft
intrusions and about bombing raids in Syria near the border. President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday evening — and a Pentagon spokesman later
confirmed — that before a Turkish F-16 shot down the Russian Su-24 jet, Turkish
forces had warned the Russian plane 10 times in five minutes to steer away.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of 'serious consequences'
Wed Nov 25,
2015 3:03am EST
Related: WORLD , RUSSIA , TURKEY , AEROSPACE & DEFENSE
Reuters
ANKARA/MOSCOW
| BY TULAY KARADENIZ AND MARIA KISELYOVA
Russian
President Vladimir Putin said the plane had been attacked when it was 1 km
(0.62 mile) inside Syria
and warned of "serious consequences" for what he termed a stab in the
back administered by "the accomplices of terrorists".
Will this Russia-Turkey business get out of control?
The Washington Post
By Daniel
W. Drezner November 24 at 9:20 AM
Daniel W.
Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy at Tufts
University and a regular
contributor to PostEverything
When former
senator and actor Fred Thompson passed away earlier this month, it was
impossible to forget the best line he ever delivered on a film.
This line
seems particularly trenchant now, as something I worried about last month
pretty much just happened:
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Putin Says Turkish 'Stab in Back' Caused Russian Warplane Crash
By Andrey Biryukov
November
24, 2015 — 3:01 PM EET Updated on November 24, 2015 — 3:54 PM EET
Bloomberg
President
Vladimir Putin accused Turkey
of being an accomplice of terrorism for shooting down a Russian warplane in Syria and
warned of “very serious consequences” for their relations.
“We
understand that everyone has their own interests but we won’t allow such crimes
to take place,” Putin said at talks Tuesday with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Sochi . “We received a
stab in the back from accomplices of terrorism.”
Putin Has Misjudged Turkey's Erdogan
105 NOV 24,
2015 8:09 AM EST
By Marc Champion
Bloomberg
The details
of how and why a Russian jet was shot down near the Turkish-Syrian border
remain unclear, but one thing can already be said: Russian President Vladimir
Putin has misjudged his Turkish counterpart and former friend, Recep Tayyip
Erdogan.
According
to Turkey 's
military, one of its F-16s fired on a jet over Turkish territory, after the
plane's pilots ignored 10 warnings to leave. So the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization's second-largest military is claiming to have shot down an
aircraft in anger that was probably Russian, and is now "consulting"
with its NATO allies.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Turkey, Greece to Develop Economic Ties Despite Differences
Renewed
Tensions Over Gas Fields Off Cyprus
The Wall
Street Journal
By STELIOS
BOURAS
Dec. 6,
2014 8:22 a.m. ET
ATHENS—Greece
and Turkey confirmed Saturday their commitment to developing economic ties
between the two countries but admitted to disputes over energy and Cyprus
separating the two sides.
Turkish
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday wound up a two-day trip to the Greek
capital Athens
where he attended a forum on confidence-building measures between the two
countries that have nearly gone to war three times in the last four decades.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
White House insists anti-Isis strategy is on track despite setbacks on the ground
Isis
advances on Baghdad
and Kobani despite 21 air strikes
Dan Roberts
in Washington and Constanze Letsch in Istanbul
The
Guardian, Tuesday 14 October 2014 20.31 BST
The
Guardian
The US-led
campaign to combat Islamic State (Isis) fighters in Syria
and Iraq
is facing a growing crisis of confidence as setbacks on the battlefield
coincide with efforts to improve allied coordination and calls for President
Barack Obama to escalate the military attacks.
Monday, April 14, 2014
The Red Line and the Rat Line
Seymour M.
Hersh on Obama, Erdoğan and the Syrian rebels
In 2011
Barack Obama led an allied military intervention in Libya without consulting the US
Congress. Last August, after the sarin attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta,
he was ready to launch an allied air strike, this time to punish the Syrian
government for allegedly crossing the ‘red line’ he had set in 2012 on the use
of chemical weapons. Then with less than two days to go before the planned strike, he
announced that he would seek congressional approval for the intervention. The
strike was postponed as Congress prepared for hearings, and subsequently
cancelled when Obama accepted Assad’s offer to relinquish his chemical arsenal
in a deal brokered by Russia .
Why did Obama delay and then relent on Syria
when he was not shy about rushing into Libya ? The answer lies in a clash
between those in the administration who were committed to enforcing the red
line, and military leaders who thought that going to war was both unjustified
and potentially disastrous.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Turkey's Byzantine Scandal
Corruption
charges threaten the country's Islamist leader.
Dec. 26,
2013 3:07 p.m. ET
The Wall Street Journal
Recep
Tayyip Erdogan has spent the past week blaming a burgeoning corruption scandal
on foreign plotters. But Wednesday's trio of resignations from his cabinet,
which were intended to insulate Turkey 's
Islamist Prime Minister, had the effect of bringing the scandal to his
doorstep.
The
Interior and Economy Ministers did their duty by denouncing the investigations
and professing the prime minister's (and their own) innocence. But Erdogan
Bayraktar, the Minister for the Environment and a confidant of the PM, went out
with a bang. Mr. Bayraktar said Wednesday that he was pressured to resign to
shield Mr. Erdogan from the scandal, which concerns alleged payoffs to
facilitate real-estate development deals. He also suggested that if it was
right for him to step aside for the country's sake, then Mr. Erdogan should
resign as well.
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