What does Turkey want in Iraq? Turkey’s latest military gambit in Iraq could be a strategic game-changer, writes Salah Nasrawi As Iraq continues to suffer, Turkey’s incursions into its war-torn neighbour have become ever more brazen. On 4 December, a column of Turkish troops and equipment crossed the border in the far south of the […]
Analysis: The fate of Mosul in Turkey’s hands? Turkey keeps the world guessing as it moves militarily in Iraq – but it’s all about geopolitics. Salah Nasrawi On December 4, less than two weeks into the standoff with Moscow over thedowning of a Russian jet operating in Syria, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, sent a […]
Shia power struggle in Iraq At the root of the Iraqi Shia’s troubles lie the competing ambitions of their leaders, writesSalah Nasrawi The first thought that must have crossed the minds of many Iraqis when they learned about the fight that broke out between a Shia member of parliament and a Shia politician at a […]