27/04/20 07:43
AX INTEL ANALYSIS: Turkey vs Russia in the drone wars
DATE: 27APR2020
In February Turkey began ramping up its military presence in Syria’s Idlib Province, sending a huge number of reinforcements to enforce the de-escalation zone outlined in the 2018 Sochi agreement with Russia and prevent the al-Assad regime from displacing millions of civilians toward the Turkish border as it sought to recapture the last major opposition stronghold… Read More...Tags: Turkey, Russia, syria, drone, kurds, terrorism, iran
15/10/19 06:39
AX INTEL BULLETIN: Turkey's endgame in Syria
DATE: 15OCT2019
In a stunning announcement on Sunday, the Trump administration gave the nod to a Turkish military incursion into northeastern Syria, an operation that would entail clashes with Washington’s Kurdish allies in the area. The U.S. military, which has around 1,000 troops in Syria, would not “support or be involved in the operation.” But the White House said… Read More...Tags: Turkey, syria, USA, kurds
16/07/18 14:20
AX INTEL BULLETIN: Iraq - as protests boil, political elite seeks scapegoat
DATE: 16JUL2018
Summer protests over water and electricity shortages, poor services, and corruption are not new in Iraq. Yet this year’s protests seem to have caught Iraqi officials by surprise… Read More...Tags: iraq, ISIS, shiite, sunni, kurds