Too many players engaged on both sides in Libya’s civil war to assume that Khalifa Haftar will emerge victorious. America is the wild card.
Articles tagged: ‘Turkey’
High stakes over a small village in North Syria
Posted onWhile a broader ceasefire generally holds, the battle for a small village in North Syria has important implications for the Syrian regime, the Kurds, Putin and Erdogan.
The Erdoğan Pence Agreement
Posted onThe military balance shifts against Turkey and its Arab allies as the YPG strikes a deal agreement with al-Assad and Russia backs Syria over Turkey.
Syria – cards reshuffled
Posted onSyria – US permits and then opposes Turkish assault on the Kurdish north. Fears that IS may rise from the ashes.
Syria: “Great and unmatched wisdom”
Posted onDonald Trump is not being as inconsistent over the Middle East as the news flow may have you believe.
Libya: stalemate continues
Posted onHaftar’s LNA remains stuck around Tripoli. More bloodshed, but not comparable with true civil war. International community ineffective.
Turkey, Russia and Syria
Posted onErdoğan/Putin rapprochement – Turkey slipping away from the West, but in Syria losing ground to Asad backed by Moscow.
British police enter the Bahrain embassy
Posted onA stunt by a Bahraini protester against the recent executions raises important questions.
Syria: more bloodshed
Posted onSyria – inconclusive fighting in Idlib province and elsewhere. Peace talks not dead.
Libya – conflict heats up
Posted onLibya – stalemate, but a success by the Tripoli forces provokes action by Haftar which could amount to a war crime. More evidence that the UAE and Turkey are involved in a proxy war. US no policy.