Can observation posts calm Turkish-Kurdish tensions on Syria border? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

Nov 26, 2018

Syrian schoolchildren walk as U.S. troops patrol near Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria November 4, 2018. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC11C2532E70 — Syrian schoolchildren walk as US troops patrol near the Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria, Nov. 4, 2018. — REUTERS/Rodi Said

A Turkish army howitzer fires from a military post on the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC1DA3686FA0

US erects observation posts to avert war between Turks, Syrian Kurds

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels ride on trucks at Manbij countryside, Syria December 28, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC12E3699180

Turkey claims progress on Syria safe zone

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Syria safe zone: Can US reconcile conflicting demands of Turkey, YPG

Metin Gurcan

A Turkish soldier stands near his armoured vehicle on a highway near the northern Syrian town of Ain Issa in the countryside of the Raqqa region, on November 26, 2019, as Turkey-backed forces deploy reinforcements around the key town. - Ankara and its Syrian proxies launched on October 9 a cross-border attack against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, which allowed Turkey, along with a subsequent Russian-Turkish accord, to control a strip of land on the Syrian side of the border. Ain Issa lies on the south

Syrian Kurds squeezed between Turkish threat, Russian pressure in Ain Issa

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics