TURKEY FILES

Since  the beginning of the US-led regime change effort against Syria began in 2011, the West and its Gulf state financiers have tried to prop-up a “Syrian Interim Government” in the desperate hope that this western creation could somehow be parachuted into the country after the real government in Damascus was decapitated by the western and Gulf-backed conclave of radical jihadist terrorist militants who formed what the western media and political operatives commonly referred to as the “rebel opposition” in Syria.

Dr Can Erimtan
21st Century Wire
Now that Donald Trump is inhabiting the White House, the waning of the U.S. as a global power is all but accelerating. Some countries though still seem to attach a lot of importance to American words and actions. The Republic of Turkey, currently ruled by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (or the Prez) and his Justice and Development Party (or AKP) appears to be a case in point.

Russian military police in Syria, helping local residents in newly liberated areas (Image: Global Research)

In a statement made on mainstream TV, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he would consider closing Washington’s key foothold in his country, US and NATO’s Incirlik Air Base – should the US continue to impose economic sanctions on Turkey.

Previously, 21WIRE reported on evidence of ISIS and al Qaeda fighters filling the ranks of paramilitary factions committing under the command of NATO member Turkey, currently committing war crimes in northern Syria.

Al Masdar News reports…
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated on Thursday in Rabat, Morocco that “Israel will never achieve its dreams in Palestine,” the Middle East Monitor reported.

NATO has celebrated its 70th Birthday in London this week. It’s an anniversary, by rights, but it shouldn’t have reached.  

Dr Can Erimtan
21st Century Wire