The 2006 Lebanon War, also referred to as the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War, was a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah on Lebanese soil. As a consequence of the war, missile attacks…
Turkey's President Erdogan addresses a post-election rally drawing hundreds of thousands, in a major show of strength (March 24, 2019). Conventional wisdom says that old habits die hard. When it…
Last week Turkey launched a large scale military assault against a Syrian militia largely comprised of Kurdish fighters. The attack comes only days after President Donald Trump announced the retreat of U.S. troops from northeast Syria, where U.S. backed-Kurdish forces were instrumental in the defeat of the Islamic State and the further containment of IS fighters. Some call the retreat and subsequent indifference to Turkey’s attack from the largely Kurdish region an outright betrayal of the Kurds.