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NYT U.S. Steps Up Criticism of Russian Role in Syrian War Michael R. Gordon , David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt Article 6. The National Interest Erdogan at a Crossroads Omer Zarpli Article 7. Hiirriyet Daily News As Erdogan's chances for presidency diminish Murat Yetkin Article 8. The National

Erdogan at a Crossroads Omer Zarpli February 18, 2014 -- Rocked by the corruption scandal that erupted a month and half ago, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking resolution. He believes that will be found in winning elections, most immediately and importantly the country's local elections at the e

receive only $4.8bn of its $100bn in frozen accounts in foreign banks. Others, like Javad Karimi Ghoddoosi, a hardline Majles deputy and a retired Revolutionary Guard officer, have claimed that Khamenei feels the Accord does not guarantee Iran's right to enrich uranium. To control these hardliners, Rouhani has no

nt democracy and a major force in the Middle East, the Caucasus, North Africa, the Balkans, and beyond. The election was a triumph for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has presided over his country's remarkable transformation. His party won more votes than all other parties combined, making him the first Turkis

ojects that will strengthen Turkey and help calm the world's most volatile region. Syrians who are racing toward Turkey in search of refuge represent Erdogan's most immediate challenge. Turkey has become not just a safe haven, but a model for what many Arabs would like to see their countries become. This m

not those in Syria) while brutalizing its own seekers of the freedom promised in 1979. Arabs aren't buying Iranian hypocrisy. Only Iran's command of Revolutionary Guard force and the opposition's lack of a shared goal salvage it. Khamenei is at loggerheads with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who got into such a sulk

USE_OVERSIGHT_031719 --- PAGE BREAK --- legacy of the Iranian revolution that established a state rooted in religion. Now, nearly four decades old, the Revolutionary Guard's rise to power remains the catalyst for Islamic sectarian division today, releasing forces of fury once confined first by Ottoman rule and then by US

allies may have only one direction to turn as Russia capitalizes on every USA misstep in the region. The emerging alliance between Putin and Turkey's Erdogan has evolved in perfect Kissingerian fashion; sovereign relationships can be as ephemeral as their counterparties' interests. And now that Russia and