This murderous terrorism, Istanbul bombing: Terror attack death toll rises to 38 including 30 police as officials accuse PKK PKK blamed for attack which is the latest in an escalating scale of viol…
Source: Mark Collins – Sublime Erdogan the Magnificent vs the Kurds (plus ISIS/Syria)
Further to this post, Sublime Erdogan the Magnficent Pushing his Syria/Iraq Turkish Delight the latest on the explosive ex-Ottoman mixture at the invaluable MILNEWS.ca: … “US Expects Anti-Dae…
Source: Mark Collins – Syria/Iraq Update: ISIS, Raqqa, Kurds…and Turkey, Plus Mosul
The ever more maximum president is certainly making things difficult for POTUS and many others: Erdogan reasserts Turkey’s role in wars in Syria and Iraq Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said…
Source: Mark Collins – Sublime Erdogan the Magnficent Pushing his Syria/Iraq Turkish Delight
Further to this post, things could get exceedingly nasty; can Iraq stay united (and how far will the Turks go, both around Mosul and to prevent any independent Kurdistan?). At Defense One’s &…
Source: Mark Collins – Iraq: Upcoming Battle for Mosul Update
The latest at the invaluable MILNEWS.ca: – Closer to Mosul Push “Anti-ISIS fight will get harder after Mosul, says Canadian general” – “Canadian general: ‘Fall of Mosul is inevitable’ “ – “Mo…
Source: Mark Collins – Iraq: Upcoming Battle for Mosul, Plus Turkey
The table of contents: Message from the Editor by DAVID BERCUSON Brexit, the Anglosphere and Canada by JULIAN LINDLEY-FRENCH The Obama Moment—Defence Spending Does Matter, eh! by ALAN STEPHENSON A…
Source: Mark Collins – Fall 2016 Issue of CGAI’s “The Dispatch”
Further to this post, Turkey Update: EU, US, ISIS, Syria (Kurds), Israel President Erdogan certainly is asserting himself–at MILNEWS.ca(China at end, Putin must be pleased about their help bu…
Source: Mark Collins – Turkey into Syria vs ISIS and Kurds; Chinese Military Help to Assad
Turkey certainly has an awful lot to cope with these days–both internally and externally–and many feel beleaguered indeed: 1) EU is humiliating Turkey rather than helping: Turkish FM: &…
Source: Mark Collins – Turkey Update: EU, US, ISIS, Syria (Kurds), Israel
Even with ISIS losing ground–the Caliphate has just been ousted from strategically important Manbij in Syria by, mainly, the local Kurds–the prospects for a serious peace in Iraq (and S…
Source: Mark Collins – Iraq and ISIS, Mosul and After: Who’ll be Killing Whom?
Further to these posts, Turkey, or, Failed Coup in the Land of the Sublime Erdogan the Magnificent Julian Lindley-French – Two Coups Turkey the start and end of a piece at the London Review of Book…
Source: Mark Collins – Turkey Through the Magnificent Mirror of the Sublime Erdogan
