Американско-турецкий кризис: нереалистичные амбиции и многополярный хаос лежат в основе последней драмы ближнего зарубежья

Турция провела драматическую конфронтацию с поддерживаемыми США саудитами и эмиратами почти на каждой линии разломов на Ближнем Востоке и в Северной Африке, от Катара до Палестины и Ливии до Ирана.

Elliott Gabriel
От Elliott Gabriel
President Donald Trump, left, talks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, as they arrive together for a family photo at a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels on July 11, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais | AP

ANKARA, TURKEY (Analysis) – The United States’ economic war on Turkey over the detention of a U.S. pastor is showing no sign of winding down any time soon. Instead, the long-brewing row between the two countries could mark a significant break in relations between Washington and Ankara, which has long played the role of a U.S.-loyal guard at NATO’s

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White House: Trump Unaware Flynn Was A Foreign Agent

White House press secretary Sean Spicer says Donald Trump was unaware former national security adviser Michael Flynn was working as a ‘foreign agent’ when he gave him the job.

Jason Ditz
От Jason Ditz
White House press secretary Sean Spicer calls on a reporter during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Spicer answered questions about the Dakota Pipeline, infrastructure, jobs and other topics. (AP/Susan Walsh)

(REPORT) --- The White House is once again scrambling to do damage control today, as National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who resigned last month, registered this week as the agent of a foreign government related to his company’s lobbying on behalf of Turkey. White House officials were quick to insist that President Trump was ‘unaware’ this

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Mass Detentions, Political Crackdown In Turkey After Failed Coup

Some 6,000 members of the military have been detained in relation to the coup attempt, including the commander of the Incirlik Air Base, where US troops and a substantial number of US nuclear arms are stationed.

Jason Ditz
От Jason Ditz
Turkish military personnel who were aboard a Blackhawk military helicopter are transferred to a prosecutor's office in the city of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Sunday July 17, 2016.

The first 48 hours after Friday evening’s failed coup d’etat in Turkey has seen the launching of a massive crackdown on anyone even suspected of being involved, with some 6,000 from the military already detained in relation to the attempt, including the commander of the Incirlik Air Base, where US troops and a substantial number of US nuclear arms

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