List of Balkans articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Whose Timeline Will Win in the Fight for Raqqa?
The Turks, the Kurds, and Syrian Arabs all have their timelines. Which one is the Pentagon on?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turkey’s Ongoing Military Purge Drives, Complicates Regional Ambitions
Turkish policymakers are writing rhetorical checks their decimated military may not be able to cash.
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snyypg5 Turkey’s New Maps Are Reclaiming the Ottoman Empire
Erdogan’s aggressive nationalism is now spilling over Turkey’s borders, grabbing land in Greece and Iraq.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: ISIS Joins the Drone Wars; Russian Bombers Heading to the Pacific
U.S. Weighing New Strikes on Houthis; Iraq and Turkey Spar; Congress Pushing to Saudi Arms Ban; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Kurdish Mystery Just Got Weirder
A missing Kurdish politician turns up in Iraq, raising questions about what actually happened to him.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 German Prosecutors to Erdogan: There’s a Difference Between an Insult and a Joke
German prosecutors are dropping Erdogan's attempt to prosecute a German comedian who insulted him.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Commandos Enter, Leave, and Return to Syrian Town, With Some Help From Friendly Rebels
A messy situation in northern Syria stays calm.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Russia’s Middle East Offensive
Russia’s star is waxing while America’s wanes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Tin-Foil Hats Are Out in Turkey
From Zionist plots to CIA conspiracies, Turkey’s favorite pastime is believing that the world is out to get it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can This Man Save The Europe-Turkey Migrant Deal?
Gerald Knaus came up with the plan that stopped the flood of refugees from Turkey into Europe. Now it’s teetering on the brink of failure -- and he’s launched a one-man effort to save it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: How Deep is the ISIS Bench?; Russia Jumps Into the Fray
Kurds and Turks Mad at Obama; Libya Fight Extended; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: White House Stalls, Turkey Attacks; China and Russia Build Virtual Fences
Capitol Hill Wants to Halt Saudi Arms Deal; India Looking to Buy American; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: U.S. Allies Fight it Out in Syria; China Fuels Submarine Race
Iran Keeps Pushing in Gulf; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turkey Concedes: No Evidence Linking Gulen to Coup Sent to Washington
Turkey is conceding it has not sent any evidence to Washington linking Fethullah Gulen to the failed July 15 coup attempt, despite increasingly angry calls by Ankara for the United States to extradite the Pennsylvania-based cleric or suffer a severe downgrade in diplomatic relations.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington’s Tightrope Act in Syria
President Barack Obama's administration is trying to stay on the good side of both Turkey and Syria's Kurds, even as its two partners are increasingly at each others' throats.
