What is the breaking point when the interests of having Turkey in NATO are superseded by the blows Ankara inflicts on Western geopolitical interests?
iraq
Philip H. Gordon, a foreign policy adviser and former assistant secretary of state: “Ιt’s getting hard to describe Turkey as an ally of the US”
Turkey's move in the Eastern Mediterranean came in early July shortly after the country had turned Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Ankara says it has deployed special forces against Kurdish rebels in Iraq. It is Turkey's first known air-and-land offensive in Iraq
The Greek-American ex-CIA whistleblower
Why is this happening now? Because both sides see an opportunity
The attack is the latest of several to hit US and coalition facilities in Iraq
Implications under international law
“There have been talks” between Iraq and the UK government, about what to do with them
According to two UK & one US official the activity bears the hallmarks of a state-backed cyber-espionage operation conducted to advance Turkish interests
