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Today’s R&D covers Turkey’s involvement in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Turkey’s government announced last week that it will not allow the United States to use its air base at Incirlik to attack ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq. Analysts believe that Turkey’s position is directed by a desire to protect forty-nine of its nationals that are hostages of the group as well. Intelligence sources estimate that up to 1,000 Turks have joined ISIS’s military campaigns in Syria and Iraq.
This is why Turkey is a linchpin to any anti- ISIS coalition, and why its reluctance to do more is such a problem: http://t.co/7sPrVe7P2F
— Mark Landler (@MarkLandler) September 16, 2014
Why can’t Turkey explain its foreign policy? http://t.co/3zudJf0FcA
— Al-Monitor (@AlMonitor) September 16, 2014
US wants to choke off ISIS money from oil; seeks Turkey’s help @sangernyt @juliehdavis http://t.co/xZrlwGQp2X
— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) September 13, 2014
Guerrillas from Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers’ Party are on the front lines fighting ISIS, and half of them are women: http://t.co/VnXeXe7dhY — Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 13, 2014
The U.S. doesn’t need to defend Turkey from ISIS/ISIL, says @Doug_Bandow: http://t.co/0kP4APOk62 — Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) September 11, 2014
White House courts Turkey, which it considers “absolutely indispensable” to the fight against ISIS. http://t.co/cUKdkgMjX9 — New York Times World (@nytimesworld) September 9, 2014
WSJ: Turkey bugs out of the anti-ISIS coalition. So why not a U.S. base in Kurdistan? http://t.co/aiSTSw7T2f via @WSJ — Verdi Avila (@avila3510) September 13, 2014
Moderate Muslims’ quandary about IS http://t.co/ZZHo6WsOLa — Al-Monitor (@AlMonitor) September 12, 2014
Egypt, Jordan, Turkey all finding ways to avoid specific commitments to Obama war v ISIS Shocker http://t.co/pm0yphyf3D — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 12, 2014
PKK issue complicates Turkey’s role in fight against IS http://t.co/kp6zpbGxpF — Blogs of War (@BlogsofWar) September 10, 2014
Either Ricciardone is pissed/lashing out, or the USG wants Turkey to know they’re not pleased. I suspect the latter. http://t.co/JrySyIwzS6 — Andrew Lebovich (@tweetsintheME) September 14, 2014
No breakthrough as Kerry urges reluctant Turkey to help fight militants http://t.co/NDY1iFk2c1 — L.A. Times World (@latimesworld) September 13, 2014
Congress is really upset with America’s “frenemies” abroad http://t.co/t4OcTppNBz — U.S. News (@usnews) September 10, 2014
After 18 months of cold shoulder, Washington woos Turkey over #ISIS | “It won’t work w/o Turkey:” US official http://t.co/Dp0VU3ovAB
— david lepeska (@dlepeska) September 9, 2014