Turkey's invasion of northeastern Syria has caused widespread alarm. European governments fear the cross-border offensive could lead to a resurgence of Daesh that has wreaked havoc through attacks in the West and formerly controlled parts of Syria and Iraq. . ..…
., Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and a few European hangers-on — all hoping to exploit the early uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and overthrow it. ..…
During one of the glacial periods amounting to an ice age, when huge volumes of seawater was locked up in glaciers and ocean levels were low, there were apparently marshy land masses between continental Greece and Turkey. . ..…
European Union leaders are expected to discuss the latest military actions of Turkey north-eastern Turkey as they meet Thursday and Friday Brussels... ... BRUSSELS — European Union leaders are expected to discuss the latest military actions of Turkey north-eastern..…
The Ottomans, for example, abolished the medieval jizya tax on non-Muslims but pledged to Europe in 1856 to respect the ‘privileges and spiritual immunities’ of the Christian churches; while they exempted non-Muslims from military service in return for a tax, they conscripted Muslim subjects to fight in..…
The Erdogan Putin Rohani meetings have coincided with diminution of Syria and slowing of refugee outflows that brought havoc to Turkey and much of European Union. ..…