For a Sneak Preview of New Turkish Designs on Syria, Feature What’s Happening in the Greek Islands
Bit by bit, from the eastern Mediterranean to the sands of Aleppo, President Erdogan seems intent on reconstituting some newfangled version of the Ottoman Empire.

January in Syria will likely be less dramatic than the previous month which saw a dictator’s departure, but that doesn’t mean regional powers are going into hibernation — far from it. Earlier this week the dominant post-Assad power broker in the region, Turkey, made it clear that it will not hesitate to jump in and wield such power as it sees fit.
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