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ian point of view, this is a crisis. From a national-interest point of view, it is an opportunity to undermine enemies of the United States in both Damascus and Tehran. But President Obama has treated the bloody turmoil, first and foremost, as an opportunity to strengthen the idea that America should su
heavily by people who, like Balci, are part of the religious movement Hizmet, sometimes called the Gulen movement after its American-based leader, Fethullah Gulen. The Gulen movement, and Zaman Media, have been largely and consequentially supportive of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan's ruling party, the AKP, who
the US helped convene talks in Geneva aimed at resolving the £yrian civil war. This came only months after the threat of US military force against Damascus convinced the Assad regime to abandon its chemical weapons programme. In both the Far East and Europe, the Obama administration is pushing ambitio
a few months ago between Erdogan and his former allies in the Islamist conservative camp, the followers of the Pennsylvania-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, changed the dynamic. Erdogan started to reconsider his moves to undercut the generals. He and his officials took steps and made statements that ap
ian point of view, this is a crisis. From a national-interest point of view, it is an opportunity to undermine enemies of the United States in both Damascus and E FTA_R 1 _02207 1 4 3 EFTA02722354 Tehran. But President Obama has treated the bloody turmoil, first and foremost, as an opportunity to str
are part of the religious movement Hizmet, E FTA_R 1_02207150 EFTA02722361 sometimes called the Gulen movement after its American-based leader, Fethullah Gulen. The Gulen movement, and Zaman Media, have been largely and consequentially supportive of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan's ruling party, the AKP, who
Entities connected to both Damascus and Fethullah Gulen

Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Lebanon
LOCATION
United States
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Bill Clinton
PERSON
Tehran
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George W. Bush
PERSON
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Tunisia
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Cairo
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Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Hillary Clinton
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Yemen
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Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Middle East
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Vladimir Putin
PERSON
Fatah
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Marc Rich
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Jerusalem
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Department of Justice
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