May 26, 2021
Turkey and the New Transatlantic Agenda
Joe Biden’s election aroused expectations in Europe of cooperation with a “like-minded” president across a range of current challenges. Within a month, the EU published an ambitious “new transatlantic agenda for global change.” This identified relations with Turkey as among the subjects for cooperation. According to the new agenda, “The EU and the US share a strategic interest in a stable and secure Eastern Mediterranean. We should seek a coordinated approach in our relations with Turkey, including by addressing current challenges.”
The idea that “the EU and the US should pursue common interests and leverage our collective strength to deliver results on our strategic priorities” received a nod from the Biden transition team. But the EU’s transatlantic menu touches on areas of divergence as well as convergence with Washington and cannot count on the unwavering support of all member countries.
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A post with a video viewed thousand of times on Facebook and TikTok purports to show Turkish soldiers arriving at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem amid the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But the claim is false: while the clip is of Turkish soldiers, it was taken in 2018 when the country sent troops to Syria to fight Kurdish forces.
“Turkey army arrived in Palestine to protect Masjid Al Aqsa,” reads a Facebook post featuring a TikTok video.
In the recording, an army vehicle cruises past a cheering crowd while waving a Turkish flag. A soldier with glasses and a blue beret is seen shaking hands with people in the crowd.
Will Northeastern Syria Turn Into A Stand-Off Between The U.S. and Turkey?
Published 2 months ago
Last November, the U.S. saw a rather dramatic presidential election that put a lot at stake and in many ways was supposed to determine the vector of Washington’s foreign policy.
The new American administration under the Joe Biden leadership has repeatedly signalled its intention to introduce a number of adjustments to the current situation in the Middle East, recast the shape of relations with regional powers such as Iran and Turkey, and reinvigorate cooperation with the Kurdish-dominated Autonomous Administration of the North and East Syria (AANES), the U.S. main ally in Syria.
After the FBI warned about far-right attacks, agents arrested a leftist ex-soldier
Brittany Shammas and Gerrit De Vynck, The Washington Post
Feb. 14, 2021
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1of8The apartment building where Daniel Baker was arrested Jan. 15 in Tallahassee. The FBI charged him with using interstate commerce to threaten to injure or kidnap right-wing protesters he thought were planning to attack the Florida Capitol.Photo for The Washington Post by Charlotte KeslShow MoreShow Less
2of8A wall in the apartment that Daniel Baker shared with Eric Champagne bears the mark of a stun grenade that FBI agents used during the raid to arrest Baker on Jan. 15.Photo for The Washington Post by Charlotte KeslShow MoreShow Less
January 15, 2021 at 3:04 pm | Published in: Middle East, News, Syria
Members of the Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units militia (YPG), 28 February 2015 [Kurdishstruggle/Flickr] January 15, 2021 at 3:04 pm
Militants belonging to the Kurdish Peoples Protection Units (YPG) are reported to have opened fire on children who attempted to flee after they were recruited forcibly by the militia earlier this week,
Anadolu has reported.
The YPG militants were in the process of rounding up over a dozen boys in the centre of Qamishli in Hasakah province on Tuesday when the unwilling recruits began to flee. The militants opened fire, injuring at least one.
The militia has long been reported to recruit children by force in the territories it controls. Militants are accused of raiding homes and whole villages to abduct the youngsters, who are then transported to training camps prior to fighting across north and eastern Syria and northern Iraq.