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Turkey Counters US's Middle East Strategy

Turkey Counters US's Middle East Strategy
Posted GMT 10-17-2013 1:51:26

The turnaround of the Arab Spring, Egypt's bloody coup, Iran's nuclear program and the continued civil war in Syria are among a number of factors leading the approaches of the United States and Turkey to the Middle East to diverge for the first time in decades.

Once presented by the European Union and the US a democratic model for Muslim Middle East, Turkey is now facing a mix of US ire and intrigue on all its fronts in the Middle East.

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