Turkey's Thirty-Year Coup
Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker
Did an exiled cleric try to overthrow Erdogan's government?
Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker
Did an exiled cleric try to overthrow Erdogan's government?
Aron Lund, Century Foundation
For months, eastern Aleppo has been under intense and nearly constant attack by the Syrian and Russian air forces. Though many targets are surely military in nature, there is also a good deal of indiscriminate bombing and unlawful but willful targeting of civilian institutions, such as medical facilities. In addition, an economic blockade has been put in place that seems deliberately designed to hurt unarmed civilians.
Paul Saunders, ALM
The rapid unraveling of the U.S.-Russia relationship over their failed effort to establish a cessation of hostilities between Syria's government forces and moderate opposition groups may become increasingly dangerous for Syrians and the Middle East as a whole.
Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
From propaganda to missile deployments, Russian leader Vladimir Putin is testing Obama's resolve -- while claiming to be America's victim.