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Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, U.S. President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attend a group photo session with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025.

U.S. Foreign Policy What Democrats can learn from Trump’s approach to the Middle East

Philip H. Gordon

May 16, 2025

Rescue workers searching through the rubble of buildings in the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 9, 2023, three days after a deadly earthquake that struck both Turkey and Syria.

Migrants, Refugees & Internally Displaced Persons Social cohesion of Syrian refugees in Türkiye and conditions for IDPs in Syria after the earthquake February 6, 2023

Kemal Kirişci, M. Murat Erdoğan, Elizabeth Ferris, Katharine M. Donato, Nihal Eminoğlu, Serhat Erkmen, Şule Yaylacı, Tülin Haji Mohammad

April 22, 2025

Syrian Kurds gather as they hold flags after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have far-reaching political and security consequences for the region, in Hasakah, Syria February 27, 2025.

Turkey A fragile peace for Turkey and the Kurds

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

March 4, 2025

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a joint press conference with Syria interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Ankara on Febuary 4, 2025. EYEPRESS via Reuters Connect.

Syria Topple, tame, trade: How Turkey is rewriting Syria’s future

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

February 6, 2025

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Steven Heydemann Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Director - The Turkey Project

Itamar Rabinovich Distinguished Fellow - Foreign Policy

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