ISIS and the Turkish Problem: 3 Great Stories by Jamie Dettmer

1. Turkey Stalls, ISIS Triumphs

   by Jamie Dettmer October 03, 2014 05:55 PM EDT

   Kobani has become the Kurds’ Alamo as they fight ISIS in Syria. Nobody’s coming to help them, and if and when they fall, the repercussions will be felt for years to come.

2. Why Does the Free Syrian Army Hate Us?

   by Jamie Dettmer October 03, 2014 05:45 AM EDT

   On the Turkish-Syrian border it quickly becomes clear why the FSA—the “moderate” rebels the Obama administration wants to train—have learned to loathe him.

3. Turkey’s Sympathy for the Devil

   by Jamie Dettmer September 30, 2014 08:10 PM EDT

   President Erdogan may have promised President Obama support, and moved tanks to the Syrian border, but Turkey is pretending to support a war it doesn’t believe in.