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Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Turkey's new role in the Syria-Iraq crisis in 2014-2016 as it faces a large influx of refugees
10/02/2014
Turkey's parliament authorizes the government in October 2014 to take all steps needed for national security as it faces Islamic State (ISIS) forces on its borders. Islamic State is trying to take a Kurdish town of Kobani near the Turkish border leading to 160,000 refugees fleeing the fighting.
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Turkey Votes to Allow Operations Against ISIS
New York Times 10/02/2014
Turkish Inaction on ISIS Advance Dismays the U.S.
New York Times 10/07/2014
Oil Gives Kurds a Path to Independence, and Conflict With Baghdad
New York Times 10/25/2014
Germany Pledges Aid to Countries Sheltering Refugees From Syria
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2014
Iraq faces new crisis as winter descends on millions uprooted by Islamic State - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/27/2014
Outlook Darkens for Syria Refugees in Turkey
Wall Street Journal 12/28/2014
The Syria- Turkey border in 2016
04/16/2016
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Syrian Rebel Offensive Against Islamic State Sparks Exodus
Wall Street Journal 04/16/2016
The New York Times 08/11/2016
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Never Ending War: Why The Cease-Fire in Syria Won't Help - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 09/17/2016
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/2017
Turkish military expert: Putin uses Turkey to achieve his own ends | News | DW.COM | 09.03.2017
DW.COM 03/09/2017
Turkey's relations with the PKK and the Kurds in 2015-2017
07/29/2015
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NATO Signals Support for Turkey After Terror Attacks
Wall Street Journal 07/29/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
Turkish Tensions With Syrian Kurdish Fighters Strain Ties With U.S.
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2016
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Turkey’s Wars: Quelling Kurdish Uprisings, and Suffering From Terror Attacks
The New York Times 03/31/2017
Turkey’s Wars: Quelling Kurdish Uprisings, and Suffering From Terror Attacks
The New York Times 03/31/2017
Turkey and release of hostages held by Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq
09/20/2014
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Turkey Obtains Release of Hostages Held in Iraq
New York Times 09/20/2014
U.S. Jets to Use Turkish Bases in War on ISIS
New York Times 07/23/2015
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Islamic State and the Syrian city of Raqqa- role of the 20,000 foreign fighters in the Syria-Iraq conflict
02/05/2015
Fighters come from Russia's province of Chechnya, Tunisia, other Arab countries, and Britain. In some Syrian cities such as Raqqa they are the dominant group with the war turning many Syrians into refugees in Turkey and Jordan.
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In Islamic State Stronghold of Raqqa, Foreign Fighters Dominate
Wall Street Journal 02/05/2015
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Islamic State’s Deep, Poisonous Roots
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2016
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Tunisia's radicalized youth | Middle East | DW.COM | 21.12.2016
DW.COM 12/21/2016
"The Friends of Syria" conference in Istanbul, Turkey in March 2012
04/01/2012
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What if the U.S. doesn’t intervene in Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Arabs Ask U.S. to Lead on Syria
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Turkey’s Erdogan to air policy differences with Obama - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/13/2013
Erdogan Tightens Grip on Turkey, Putting Nation at Crossroads
Wall Street Journal 06/27/2013
Turkey Votes to Allow Operations Against ISIS
New York Times 10/02/2014
Turkish Inaction on ISIS Advance Dismays the U.S.
New York Times 10/07/2014
The escalation of the Syrian conflict with the Assad regime's shelling of Turkey's border town of Akcakale
10/04/2012
Turkey responds on October 4, 2012 with an artillery attack on a Assad regime forward base with help from the Free Syria Army in locating the base which was moved.
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Arabs Ask U.S. to Lead on Syria
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Turkey’s Erdogan to air policy differences with Obama - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/13/2013
Turkey's Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2013
In Southern Turkey, Renewed Fears of Sectarian Strife
Wall Street Journal 11/07/2013
Want to Defeat ISIS? Help the Syrian Opposition
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014
Syrian War Increasingly Colors Turkish Politics
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2014
Turkey's border region with Syria and the trucking trade between Turkey and Iraq
06/24/2014
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After Opening Way to Rebels, Turkey Is Paying Heavy Price
New York Times 06/24/2014
Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
Syrian Rebel Offensive Against Islamic State Sparks Exodus
Wall Street Journal 04/16/2016
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/2017
Turkish military expert: Putin uses Turkey to achieve his own ends | News | DW.COM | 09.03.2017
DW.COM 03/09/2017
New role for Kurds in Turkey and Iraq in 2015
06/19/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/19/2015
Economist 06/27/2015
Turkey Uneasy as U.S. Support of Syrian Kurds Grows
New York Times 06/29/2015
Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
NATO Signals Support for Turkey After Terror Attacks
Wall Street Journal 07/29/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
The democracy movements in Libya and Syria and Turkey's position
04/08/2011
The Turkish position of the Erdogan government has not supported the democracy movement, as it did in Egypt. Questions raised about the Turkish policy and its influence in NATO.
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What if the U.S. doesn’t intervene in Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Arabs Ask U.S. to Lead on Syria
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Turkey’s Erdogan to air policy differences with Obama - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/13/2013
Turkey's Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2013
Syrian War Increasingly Colors Turkish Politics
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2014
Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
Iraq splintering into three regions in 2015- Sunni, Shiite and Kurd
03/26/2015
The situation on the ground with the intolerance of the previous Maliki government in Baghdad, the rise of Islamic State, and the Kurdish state in the north, have created conditions on the ground that are leading ordinary Sunnis and Shiites in the 2.5 million plus refugees to see the division of the country between Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish as permanent partition of the country. Beyond the partition is the wider sectarian conflict between Shiites and Sunnis that the conflict in Syria-Iraq has created, and its spread to other parts of the Middle East including Yemen., drawing a coalition of Arab states led by the Saudis and Turkey opposing Shiite Iran.
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Iraq Inches Toward 3-Way Split
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?
New York Times 06/01/2015
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
America’s Marxist Allies Against ISIS
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015
Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
Terrorist attack in Istanbul, Turkey, in Jan 2015 targeting the tourism industry
01/12/2016
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Washington Post 01/12/2016
Tourists Steer Clear of Turkey After Bombings, Russia Clash
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2016
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Attackers Open Fire at Nightclub in Istanbul
The New York Times 12/31/2016
Turkey and security at its borders after terrorist attacks in France and the U.S. in Dec. 2015
12/22/2015
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Turkey Moves to Clamp Down on Border, Long a Revolving Door
New York Times 12/22/2015
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Attackers Open Fire at Nightclub in Istanbul
The New York Times 12/31/2016
Turkey- Russia relations
12/02/2014
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Putin Says Moscow to Drop Gas Pipeline to Europe
Wall Street Journal 12/02/2014
Turkey Shoots Down Russian Military Jet
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2015
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2015
Moscow promises retribution after Turkey downs military jet - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/25/2015
Syria’s Turkmen rebels, the group at the center of the Russia-Turkey clash - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/25/2015
Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian Jet
New York Times 11/25/2015
Turkey and president Erdogan in 2015-2017
06/03/2015
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Turkey’s Elections Will Test Power of the President
New York Times 06/03/2015
Wall Street Journal 06/04/2015
Prospect of Instability Looms as Turkish Voters Deny Erdogan a Majority
New York Times 06/08/2015
Economist 06/27/2015
Turkey Broadens Clampdown Against Erdogan Rivals
Wall Street Journal 03/04/2016
E.U. Woos Turkey for Refugee Help, Ignoring Rights Crackdown
New York Times 03/08/2016
Turkey-U.S. relations
11/01/2014
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 11/01/2014
U.S., Turkey Narrow Differences on Islamic State Fight
Wall Street Journal 12/02/2014
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
The Islamic Front of rebel groups in Syria supported by Qatar and Turkey
11/23/2013
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Some Islamist Groups Unify to Try to Topple Syrian Regime
Wall Street Journal 11/23/2013
Syrian War Increasingly Colors Turkish Politics
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2014
Gulf States and Qatar Gloss Over Differences, but Split Still Hampers Them
New York Times 12/20/2014
U.S. to Give Some Syria Rebels Ability to Call Airstrikes
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2015
Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Turkey-EU relations in 2015-2016 with the refugee crisis
10/18/2015
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Merkel Links Turkey’s E.U. Hopes to Stemming Flow of Refugees
New York Times 10/18/2015
Germany’s Embrace of Migrants Spawns Rise of Far-Right Leader
New York Times 03/09/2016
E.U. Woos Turkey for Refugee Help, Ignoring Rights Crackdown
New York Times 03/08/2016
Turkey Places Conditions on E.U. for Migrant Help
New York Times 03/07/2016
Stakes Are High for Germany’s Angela Merkel in Success of New Migrant Deal
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2016
Economist 03/24/2016
Turkey's airspace and Russian planes over Syria in 2015
11/24/2015
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NATO faces new Mideast crisis after downing of Russian jet by Turkey - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/24/2015
Turkey Shoots Down Russian Military Jet
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2015
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2015
Moscow promises retribution after Turkey downs military jet - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/25/2015
Syria’s Turkmen rebels, the group at the center of the Russia-Turkey clash - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/25/2015
Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian Jet
New York Times 11/25/2015
Turkey- U.S. defense relations
12/02/2014
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U.S., Turkey Narrow Differences on Islamic State Fight
Wall Street Journal 12/02/2014
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
The evolution of the war in Syria in different phases after the Arab Spring- 2011-2017
11/18/2015
Liz Sly of the Washington Post provides an excellent account of the different phases of the war in Syria from its beginning in the Arab Spring in 2011 as a democracy protest movement, to rebels fighting the Assad regime, the entry of Russia and Iran into the conflict, to current situation with the Islamic State and other rebel groups in control of different areas in Syria. The war ends up turning half of the Syrian population of 22 million into refugees or displaced status, with millions in refugee camps in Turkey, and hundreds of thousands moving towards Germany for asylum. As the conflict evolves it becomes more complicated than when pro-democracy rebels were fighting the government in Damascus- as Russia intervenes in the conflict and the U.S. stays on the sidelines, the Kurds defending their areas with Turkey worried about Kurdish autonomy, and the Shia-Sunni sectarian aspect dividing the Shia Iran supported government in Iraq and Sunnis in Iraq, and France under Hollande switching earlier policy to conduct an air campaign after terrorist attacks in 2015.
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The long war against Islamist extremism has become more complicated than ever - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/18/2015
Teaming up with Russia in Syria could be a dangerous false step for the U.S. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/19/2015
NATO faces new Mideast crisis after downing of Russian jet by Turkey - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/24/2015
Moscow promises retribution after Turkey downs military jet - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/25/2015
Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian Jet
New York Times 11/25/2015
On the Front Line Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015
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