Syria
Reports
![DATE IMPORTED:February 10, 2001Bulgarian customs officers make a test on 321 packages of high-purity heroin which was found at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing with Turkey, February 10, 2001. Bulgarian customs seized almost 190kg (420 lb) of heroin onboard a Turkish truck destined for Germany. Bulgaria, [which borders Romania, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia and Yugoslavia], lies on the so-called Balkan route for smuggling drugs from Asia to western Europe.](https://i1.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/turkey_drugs_001.jpg?w=234&crop=0%2C13px%2C100%2C134px&ssl=1)
2017
May
11
Past Event
Syria strikes, travel ban, refugees, and Muslims: American attitudes on Trump’s early policies
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Washington, DC
2017
Mar
16
Past Event
The Kurdish Question and the Future of Iraq and Syria
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New Delhi, India
2017
Jan
16
Past Event
North Africa six years after the Arab Uprisings: Reflections and prospects
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Doha, Qatar
Kemal Kirişci
TÜSİAD Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
Director - The Turkey Project
I do not see any grounds for optimism and worry that expectations will be disappointed. . . . I worry that Assad could escalate. One possibility is that Assad could hasten his use of conventional weapons to end the war on his terms.