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Porkins Great Game: Episode #12 – Inside Turkey’s War in Syria

On this special Newsbud edition of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I focus on the battle between Russia and Turkey in Syria. We discuss Russia's reaction to Turkey's downing of a Russian jet over Latakia's Turkmen-populated Bayırbucak region and the recent appearance of Turkmen militia leader/Turkish nationalist Alparslan Çelik at a funeral in Istanbul.Continue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #12 – Inside Turkey’s War in Syria”

Syrian Turkmens, Turkish Nationalists, Russian Jets and the Battle for Bayırbucak

Within hours after the first Russian airstrikes in Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Western journalists began to explain why Russia’s intervention “is doomed to fail.”[1][2] A few days later, Western media gleefully announced that Russia’s intervention has failed.[3] But four months into Russia’s Syria campaign, it is now becoming increasingly difficult to denyContinue reading “Syrian Turkmens, Turkish Nationalists, Russian Jets and the Battle for Bayırbucak”

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