Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.
Tags: Barack Obama, bilateral relations, diplomacy, Ian Lesser, Iraq, ISIS, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Today’s Zaman (Turkey) Monday, September 15, 2014, p. 9
Yonca Poyraz Doğan, Istanbul
While US Secretary of State John Kerry was on a trip through the Middle East and Europe recently to gather commitments of support against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) — which now calls itself the Islamic State (IS) — from US allies, he also lobbied Turkish leaders, highlighting the country’s strategic importance to the US. (suite…)
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.
Tags: ISIS, NATO, Syria
The Washington Times Daily (USA) September 15, 2014, p. A9
Desmond Butler, Istanbul (Associated Press)
Turkey is the big Muslim power that sits atop raging conflicts in Iraq and Syria, so it might be expected to take a leading role in the NATO coalition announced this month to take on the Islamic State group. (suite…)
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