Erdogan's War in Syria Could Wreck U.S.-Turkey Relations

February 1, 2018 Topic: Security Region: Middle East Tags: SyriaTurkeyErdoganAfrinWar

Erdogan's War in Syria Could Wreck U.S.-Turkey Relations

The Afrin offensive marks a major new phase of the Syrian conflict, likely bookending the conflict with ISIS and the civil war.

Seth J. Frantzman is a Jerusalem-based journalist who holds a PhD from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a research associate at the Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya.

Image: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony as he is flanked by top officials and army officers at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, marking Ataturk's death anniversary, in Ankara, Turkey November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas