Background: Since 2016, Turkey has had a firm foothold in northern and western Syria, in part by supporting Sunni rebel militias. Its presence there is a means to multiple ends: regulating immigration, stopping spillover violence, projecting its power, and fighting the Kurdish groups it considers terrorist organizations. But since March, when Turkey and Russia brokered […]
Brief: Turkey Considers a Partial Withdrawal From Syria
The decision hinges on Russian pressure and economic duress.
