August 25, 2016

Turkey sends more tanks to Syria, town of Jarablus being cleansed of ISIS

https://www.rt.com/news/357144-turkey-more-tanks-syria/video/ More Turkish tanks have crossed the border into Syria in a military operation ostensibly aimed at taking the border town of Jarablus from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). Damascus has called the move “a blatant violation of sovereignty.” According to a witness cited by Reuters, at least nine Turkish tanks entered northern Syria on Thursday morning. AFP and Haberturk...

Hit the ATM: The Ankara-Tehran-Moscow coalition

So Turkish President, a.k.a. Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan is about to make a high-profile visit to Tehran – the date has not yet been set – to essentially kick start the ATM (Ankara-Tehran-Moscow) coalition in Syria. Anyone as much as hinting at such a massive geopolitical tectonic shift a few weeks ago would be branded a madman. So how did...

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Turkey sends more tanks to Syria, town of Jarablus being cleansed of ISIS

Hit the ATM: The Ankara-Tehran-Moscow coalition