DANIEL PIPES
The lull in the chemical weapon crisis offers a chance to divert attention to the huge flow of refugees leaving Syria and rethink some misguided assumptions about their future.
UN officials say chemical weapons inspectors begin destroying Syrian stockpile
DIMPOOL NEWS
International inspectors began the enormous task Sunday of destroying Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons, United Nations officials said, racing to meet a tight deadline to eliminate President Assad’s chemical weapons program.
Bashar al Assad: Turkey will pay a price for Syrian involvement
DIMPOOL NEWS
The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, says Turkey has the blood of Syrians on its hands after supplying arms to anti-government rebels.
IRAN AND IRAQI KURDISTAN MOVING CLOSER?
IDREES MOHAMMED
Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister recently visited Iran. He met with Iran’s top officials. The talks included a wide range of issues. The visit is important given serious internal and regional developments.
THE U.S. –TURKEY COOPERATION IN BRINGING DOWN ASSAD: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SCENARIOS
BURHAN GURDOGAN
The U.S. is trying to obtain Turkey’s support in order to bring down Assad, and although the Turkish side, especially Foreign Minister Davutoglu, supports strengthening this partnership, there are some major obstacles that might cause a shift in Turkey’s attitude toward cooperation with the U.S.
SYRIA: THE NEWS THAT DOES NOT QUITE MAKE IT TO WESTERN MEDIA
KIMBERLY JONES
Syria heated up in the last week or so on a number of fronts. At the same time, news media sent mixed messages of the situation depending on where the media originated.
TURKISH TRAVELS II: THE SYRIAN CONUNDRUM
GABRIEL MITCHELL
“The oppressed become the oppressors. That is what has happened here, that is what is happening in Syria; Rwanda too, and Palestine…”
THOUGHTS ON THE SYRIAN DOWNING OF A TURKISH WARPLANE
DANIEL PIPES
There appears to be agreement on the basic facts: a Turkish F-4 violated Syrian airspace and the Syrian military shot it down over its territorial waters.
THE GHOST OF ABU MUS’AB AL-SURI
YORIKIRII
What a blast. What a carnage. Is this really Damascus? Or rather Baghdad? An intelligence headquarter was targeted. Innocent people died. Assad did this!
TOWARDS THE FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM: TURKEY OR KURDISTAN?
IDREES MOHAMMED
As Shiites-inspired politics go through an uncertain phase- amid the mounting pressure on Iran, and Syria’s standoff continues despite a significant investment in diplomacy, through the conflicting stance of Turkey and Iran – Iraq’s sectarian tension has hit a high point as the steady accumulation of disputes among political partners explodes, unleashing an even bigger risk to the country’s already challenged unity.
ORDEM E PROGRESSO PARA A SIRIA
YORIKIRII
The national flag of Brazil is a blue disc depicting a starry sky spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field. Brazil officially adopted this design for its national flag in 1889.
SYRIAN KURDS: CONTEXTUAL IRONY AND RAMIFICATIONS ON TURKEY
IDREES MOHAMMED
Syria’s current crisis could possibly end in an ironic scenario for Syrian Kurds that will have both positive and negative ramifications for Turkey.