Interview to Turkish daily newspaper Aydınlık. France’s recent flurry of diplomacy in Damascus, Baghdad and Erbil has prompted commentary suggesting a potential move toward the country’s “lasting presence” in Syria. On February 5, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot visited Damascus, Baghdad and Erbil in a day. Especially Barrot’s meetings with Kurdistan Regional Government President Nechirvan Barzani and PKK/YPG leader Mazlum ...
Ceasefire in the northeast, pathway to new constitution accompanied by further integration of Syria into Western orbit. After several preliminary attempts and armed clashes, the Syrian central government and the Syrian Democratic Forces reached an agreement on January 30, which has so far been honored. Syria experienced a flurry of agreements, cancellations, and military attacks in January, culminating in the ...
Interview to Turkish TC channel Ulusal Kanal. UWI writer and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan discussed the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa in Moscow on January 28, as well as the US-Russia-Ukraine talks, on Ulusal Kanal Television. The interview, conducted in Turkish, has been translated into English by UWI. What does al-Sharaa’s visit ...
An approach that disrupts the status quo, the construction of strategic depth, the ability to maintain multiple balances. By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The global arena is facing the reality that the liberal order, which has dominated for decades and was established after the Second World War, has collapsed, and that the Western countries that owned this order, primarily the ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week’s agenda in Türkiye was busy, as usual. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech assessing rising global tensions and Türkiye’s position in it. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan issued a pointed warning over developments in Iran. And the official minutes from a meeting between jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and ...
Historic turning point, the comeback of the Ottomans, who “sold out the Kurds”, Erdoğan’s new paradigm, the course of terror-free Türkiye process On January 15, the Syrian army first launched a major operation in the west of the Euphrates River, forcing the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to withdraw to the east of the River. The Syrian army then took control ...
On US-Israeli plans ahead. The map in Syria has changed. The PKK/SDF, backed by the US for decades, has been forced to pull out of key strategic positions it has been controlling in northern Syria following a military operation launched by the Damascus government. Control over oil fields, border areas, and fertile agricultural land has now shifted to Damascus. So ...
A major operation forced the SDF into the corner. Syria experienced days of intense fighting that ended on Tuesday with a preliminary agreement, which could determine the country’s administrative future. It all began in two neighborhoods of the city of Aleppo. After the evacuation of the civilian population and clashes, the armed groups belonging to the Syrian Democratic Forces had ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week in Türkiye, developments in Syria topped the political agenda. Operations launched by the Syrian government against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which Ankara designates as a terrorist organization, were met with a positive response in the Turkish capital. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s remarks on the US, emphasizing alliance relations, ...
Posted by by United World International 5 Min Read January 19, 2026 By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist Following recent developments in Syria, all actors are now faced with a reality that goes beyond temporary maneuvers or tactical delays. For the point reached today has clearly demonstrated that the real issue in Syria is neither a new constitution nor elections, nor ...
What message did the Aleppo fragment send to the east of the Euphrates? By Adem Kılıç, Political scientist Those clinging to the wings of US aircraft at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan, trying to ‘escape’, were not only a symbol of defeat, but also of the price of misplaced alliances. And today, the same scene has been re-enacted in Syria, specifically ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week, at the top of Türkiye’s agenda was large-scale operations against ISIS and an armed clash that broke out during an operation in the district of Yalova. Another important item in the agenda was statements by Feti Yıldız, Deputy Chair of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), regarding developments in Syria. ...