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Friday, September 07, 2012

Turkey between the two fires of ‘Iranian operations’ and ‘Kurdish ambitions’

Turkey between the two fires of ‘Iranian operations’ and ‘Kurdish ambitions’

By Hoda Al-Husseini

Thursday, 06 September 2012
Hoda Al-Husseini

Not so long ago, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan proudly stated that Turkish people could travel to Iran, Syria and Lebanon without a visa. It is weird how conditions change … now, Turkish people are subjected to kidnapping in Lebanon and are not welcome in Iran because the Iranian Chief of Staff has identified Turkey as “a targeted country.” As for Syria, war has closed the border between the two countries.

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